1. The Contemporary Mental Health Landscape
2.Understanding Mental Illness Categorisation
3.Medication and Treatment Alternatives
4. The Epidemic of Depression
5. Anxiety: Medicalising Worry and Shyness
6. ADHD and Autistic Spectrum Disorder – Diagnosis, Misdiagnosis or
Over-diagnosis?
7. PTSD – The Medicalisation of Distressing Experiences
8. Reflecting on Drugs and Placebos
9. Culture and the Globalisation of Mental Health and Mental
Illness
10. The Nature of Evidence and the Role of Alternative
Therapies.
Barbara Fawcett is Professor of Social Work (Adults and
Communities), Head of the Department of Social Work and Social Care
and Director of International Strategic partnerships in the School
of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham, UK. Previously
she was Professor of Social Work and Policy Studies at the
University of Sydney, Australia and the Head of School and
Associate Dean (Research). Barbara has been an International member
of the editorial boards of the journals Critical Social Policy,
Child Care in Practice and the British Journal of Social Work. She
has been an Executive Board Member of Barnardos, Australia. Her
work has a strong International dimension and collaborations
include Hong Kong, China and South Korea, Australia and New
Zealand.
Dr. Zita Weber was an academic at the University of Sydney for 20
years. Prior to entering academia, she was a social work
practitioner in mental health, child health and rehabilitation
areas. Zita has written numerous academic papers and co-authored
several books.
Dr. Helen Bannister has been practising P/T as a counsellor for the
last ten years. For over 30 years she has worked as an academic in
universities and in research and policy positions in government and
the community sector. She has taught in sociology, sociology of
education, sociology of health, cultural studies, social policy and
youth policy.
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