Mental Illness
Series: Global viewpoints
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Detroit, MI
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780737762686
Table of contents: title: ch. 1. Mental illness and trauma.; title: Afghanistan's mental health system is inadequate to deal with the stresses of war / IRIN; title: British soldiers suffer from post-traumatic stress after serving in Afghanistan / The Daily Mirror; title: Worldwide, Holocaust survivors and their children suffer from trauma / Judy Siegel-Itzkovich; title: Haitians need mental health services in the wake of the 2010 earthquake / Julie R. Grier; title: Japan needs to respond quickly and effectively to traumatic stress caused by its earthquake / Metin Basoglu; title: The lingering effects of torture: scientists assess the long-term effects of torture on the human mind / Devin Powell; title: ch. 2. Mental illness and human rights.; title: In Israel, as worldwide, the mentally ill face stigma and discrimination / Amir Tal, David Roe, and Patrick W. Corrigan; title: Romania's mentally ill are treated with brutality and contempt / Erich Wiedemann; title: In the United States, mentally ill prisoners face inhumane conditions / Human Rights Watch; title: Japan imposes the death penalty on mentally ill criminals / Amnesty International; title: In China, the mental health system is used to silence political dissent / Wan Yanhai; title: In Russia, the mental health system may be used to silence political dissent / Yuri Savenko, as told to Vaughan Bell; title: ch. 3. Mental illness and substance abuse.; title: Alcohol use and mental health in developing countries / Vikram Patel; title: In Ireland, alcohol abuse is related to mental illness and suicide among young people / Alcohol Action Ireland; title: The smoking ban in the United Kingdom raises difficult issues for mental health care professionals and patients / Deborah Cornah; title: To address substance abuse and mental illness, Southeast Asia needs to shift to community-based health care / Vijay Chandra; title: Eastern Europe has unique problems with mental illness and substance abuse / Jane Salvage and Rob Keukens; title: ch. 4. Mental illness and treatment.; title: In Singapore, treatment of mental illness is improving / Siow-Ann Chong; title: In Canada, providing the mentally ill with housing can aid them in recovery / Canadian Mental Health Association (Ontario); title: In South Africa, mental health treatment should be incorporated into care for HIV/AIDS / Khopotso Bodibe; title: In Argentina, a treatment program providing companionship for the mentally ill has been successful / Marcela Valente; title: Mexico needs to improve its treatment of mental illness in adolescents / G. Borges ... [et al.]