Space, place and mental health
By: Sarah Curtis
Series: Geographies of health; Ashgate's geographies of health series
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780754673316; 9780754690405
Subjects: World health; Medical geography; Mental health; Human geography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mens sana in corpore sano? introduction to geographical perspectives on health of the mind and body; title: 'Virtuous landscapes': therapeutic material settings; title: Material hazards and risks for mental health; title: Resilience, social capital and social integration; title: Anomie, status anxiety and fear: socio-spatial relations and mental ill-health; title: Dreamscapes and imagined spaces: the meaning of place for identity, spirituality and mental health; title: Post-asylum geographies of mental health care: spaces for therapy and treatment; title: Place, space and population mental health.