Pastoral Power Beyond Psychology's Marginalization [electronic resource] : Resisting the Discourses of the Psy-Complex /
Helsel, Philip Browning.author.
This book explores the suffering of social class and how traditional biomedical models for mental illness do not adequately account for the stresses of poverty. Turning to mental health user testimonies, this book equips ministers and counsellors to become working class advocates.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Social class and mental illness in a neoliberal era -- Psychiatric power and the limits of biomedical diagnosis -- In their own words: mental health consumers, survivors, and ex-patients -- Pastoral counseling and social class shame -- The counter-conducts of pastoral power -- An integrative vision for pastoral power.
This book explores the suffering of social class and how traditional biomedical models for mental illness do not adequately account for the stresses of poverty. Turning to mental health user testimonies, this book equips ministers and counsellors to become working class advocates.
Health psychology.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Clinical psychology.
Religion.
Christianity.
Social sciences.
Health Psychology.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Clinical Psychology.
Religious Studies, general.
Christianity.
Social Sciences, general.