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Public Mental Health - Couverture souple

 
9780190916619: Public Mental Health
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0190916613 ISBN 13 : 9780190916619
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2019

Synopsis

"[A] masterful volume that will do much to advance understanding of mental health as an essential public health challenge." -Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

THE GROUNDBREAKING TEXTBOOK IN POPULATION-LEVEL MENTAL HEALTH, NOW FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED

Public Mental Health equips a new generation of public health students, researchers and practitioners with the most innovative social. biological, and behavioral science approaches to mental health challenges at the population level. Incorporating insights from multiple health and science disciplines, this new edition introduces novel concepts and methodologies for understanding the occurrence of mental disorders in populations worldwide.

Reflecting the disciplinary diversity and expertise of an internationally-recognized roster of contributors, its nineteen chapters include coverage of such essential topics as:

· estimates of global prevalence based on new data from the Global Burden of Disease Study
· the complex way in which genes, other biological factors, and life stresses increase risk
· mental health disparities among population subgroups
· population-level mental health consequences of violence and natural disasters
· the logic and practice of prevention of mental and behavioral disorders

With a perspective that will resonate from the lab to the legislature floor, Public Mental Health offers a much-need core text for students, researchers, and practitioners.

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À propos de l'auteur

William W. Eaton is professor in the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and former chair of that department. His doctoral training is in sociology. Before coming to Johns Hopkins he was assistant chief, Center for Epidemiologic Studies, National Institute of Mental Health. He was principal collaborator on the NIMH Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study, and has authored or coauthored more than 300 articles and chapters, and written or edited nine books, all in the area of psychiatric epidemiology and public mental health.

M. Danielle Fallin is Sylvia and Harold Halpert professor and chair of the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with joint appointments in the Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology. Her doctoral training is in genetic epidemiology. She is Director of the Wendy Klag Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has

authored or coauthored more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and chapters in the area of psychiatric epidemiology and public mental health.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0190916613
ISBN 13 
9780190916619
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
632
Éditeur
Eaton William W., Fallin M. Daniele
Coordonnées du fabricant
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