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A Manifesto for Mental Health presents a radically new and distinctive outlook that critically examines the dominant ‘disease-model’ of mental health care. Incorporating the latest findings from both biological neuroscience and research into the social determinants of psychological problems, Peter Kinderman offers a contemporary, biopsychosocial, alternative. He warns that the way we care for people with mental health problems is creating a hidden human rights emergency and he proposes a new vision for the future of health organisations across the globe. The book highlights persuasive evidence that our mental health and wellbeing depend largely on the society in which we live, on the things happen to us, and on how we learn to make sense of and respond to those events. Kinderman proposes a rejection of invalid diagnostic labels, practical help rather than medication, and a recognition that distress is usually an understandable human response to life's challenges. Offering a serious critique of establishment thinking, A Manifesto for Mental Health provides a well-crafted demonstration of how, with scientific rigour and empathy, a revolution in mental health care is not only highly desirable, it is also entirely achievable.
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A MANIFESTO FOR MENTAL HEALTH why we need a revolution in mental health care
PETER KINDERMAN
A Manifesto for Mental Health
Peter Kinderman
A Manifesto for Mental Health Why We Need a Revolution in Mental Health Care
Peter Kinderman Department of Psychological Sciences University of Liverpool Liverpool, UK
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Contents
1 Introduction 1 2
Events and Consequences 27
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We are not the Slaves of our Brains 49
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Making Sense of Things 81
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Labels are for Products, not People 103
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Appreciating the Functions of Diagnoses 133
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A Phenomenological Approach 155
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Formulation and the Scientific Method 171
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The Drugs don’t Work: The Difference Between Curing and Helping 179
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