Mental health and social policy in Ireland / edited by Suzanne Quin and Bairbre Redmond. - Dublin : University College Dublin Press, 2005. - xii, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.

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.

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Social change--Psychological aspects.--Ireland
Mental health policy--Ireland.

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