Space, place and mental health
By: by Sarah Curtis.
Series: Ashgate's geographies of health series
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Company; Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780754673316; 9780754690405
Subjects: Medical geography; Human geography; Mental health; World health
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: : mens sana in corpora sanu? 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.