Mental disorder social impacts
Professions and fields
A number of professions have developed that specialise in the treatment of mental disorders, including the medical speciality of psychiatry (including psychiatric nursing)[1][2][3], the division of psychology known as clinical psychology[4], Social Work[5], as well as Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Psychotherapists, Counselors and Public Health professionals. Those with personal experience of using mental health services are also increasingly involved in researching and delivering mental health services and working as mental health professionals.[6][7][8][9] The different clinical and scientific perspectives draw on diverse fields of research and theory, and different disciplines may favor differing models, explanations and goals.[10]
Movements
The Consumer/Survivor Movement (also known as user/survivor movement) is made up of individuals (and organizations representing them) who are clients of mental health services or who consider themselves "survivors" of mental health services. The movement campaigns for improved mental health services and for more involvement and empowerment within mental health services, policies and wider society.[11][12][13] Patient advocacy organizations have expanded with increasing deinstitutionalization in developed countries, working to challenge the stereotypes, stigma and exclusion associated with psychiatric conditions. An antipsychiatry movement fundamentally challenges mainstream psychiatric theory and practice, including the reality or utility of psychiatric diagnoses of mental illnesses.[14][15] [16]
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- ↑ University of Melbourne. (2005, August 19). What is Psychiatry?. Retrieved April 19, 2007, from http://www.psychiatry.unimelb.edu.au/info/what_is_psych.html
- ↑ California Psychiatric Association. (2007, February 28). Frequently Asked Questions About Psychiatry & Psychiatrists. Retrieved April 19, 2007, from http://www.calpsych.org/publications/cpa/faqs.html
- ↑ American Psychological Association, Division 12, http://www.apa.org/divisions/div12/aboutcp.html
- ↑ Golightley, M. (2004) Social work and Mental Health Learning Matters, UK
- ↑ Goldstrom ID, Campbell J, Rogers JA, et al (2006) National estimates for mental health mutual support groups, self-help organizations, and consumer-operated services. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 33:92–102
- ↑ The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (1998) The experiences of mental health service users as mental health professionals
- ↑ Chamberlin J. (2005) User/consumer involvement in mental health service delivery. Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc. Jan-Mar;14(1):10-4. PMID 15792289
- ↑ Terence V. McCann, John Baird, Eileen Clark, Sai Lu (2006) Beliefs about using consumer consultants in inpatient psychiatric units International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 15 (4), 258–265.
- ↑ Rogers, A. & Pilgram, D. (2005) A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness, Open University Press, 3rd Edition. ISBN 0335215831
- ↑ Everett, B. (1994) Something is happening: the contemporary consumer and psychiatric survivor movement in historical context. Journal of Mind and Behavior, 15:55–7
- ↑ Rissmiller DJ & Rissmiller JH (2006) Evolution of the antipsychiatry movement into mental health consumerism. Psychiatric Services, Jun;57(6):863-6.
- ↑ Oaks, D. (2006) The Evolution of the Consumer Movement Psychiatric Services 57:1212
- ↑ The Antipsychiatry Coalition. (2005, November 26). The Antipsychiatry Coalition. Retrieved April 19, 2007, from www.antipsychiatry.org
- ↑ Anthony Paul O'Brien, Martin Woods, Christine Palmer (2001) The emancipation of nursing practice: Applying anti-psychiatry to the therapeutic community. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing 10 (1), 3–9.
- ↑ Weitz D. (2003) Call me antipsychiatry activist--not "consumer" Ethical Hum Sci Serv. Spring;5(1):71-2. PMID 15279009