Mental health and social policy in Ireland / edited by Suzanne Quin and Bairbre Redmond.
Contributor(s): Quin, Suzanne
| Redmond, Bairbre.
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BookPublisher: Dublin : University College Dublin Press, 2005Description: xii, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1904558321.Subject(s): Social change -- Ireland -- Psychological aspects | Mental health policy -- IrelandDDC classification: 362.2 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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A new textbook which draws together developments in mental health policy in recent years and identifies the challenges posed by changes in Irish society. Topics covered include international trends, health promotion, children, adolescence, women, ethnic minorities, suicide, the homeless, crime, the workplace and ageing. Chapters include an historical overview followed by a discussion of international data, current policy and likely developments and future challenges Mental Health and Social Policy in Ireland is part of the University College Dublin Press series of social policy texts, which include Contemporary Irish Social Policy (1999), Irish Social Policy in Context (1999), Disability and Social Policy in Ireland (2003) and Theorising Irish Social Policy (2004).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-216) and index.
Introduction / Suzanne Quin and Bairbre Redmond -- International trends in mental health policy / Nick Gould -- Mental health in the community / Michael Bergin and Jean Clarke -- Mental health and the workplace / Pauline Conroy -- Health promotion and mental health / Iris Elliott -- Children and mental health / Valerie Richardson -- Adolescence and mental health / Suzanne Quin and Victoria Richardson -- Mental health and suicide / Mary Allen -- Women and mental health / Patricia Kennedy and Elizabeth Hickey -- Ageing and mental health / Mary Drury -- Dual diagnosis in mental health / Mike Timms -- Crime and mental health / Vivian Geiran -- Homelessness and mental health / Bairbre Redmond -- Mental health and Ireland's new communities / Joe Moran.