"Every chapter has been examined and re-qritten ...the new chapter on public mental health and the pursuit of happiness is well worth noticing. There is plenty of interesting background reading for mental health professionals at all levels". ("Journal of Mental Health", June 2012).

Table of Contents

Perspectives on mental health and illness Stigma revisited and lay representations of mental health problems Social class and mental health Women and men Race and ethnicity Age and ageing Mental health work and professions The treatment of people with mental health problems The organization of mental health work Psychiatry and legal control Users of mental health services Public mental health and the pursuit of happiness References

Author Biography

Anne Rogers is Professor of Health Systems Implementation in the Faculty of Health Sciences Building at the University of Southampton, UK. David Pilgrim is Professor of Mental Health Policy in the Department of Social Work at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. His career has been divided between higher education and the NHS.