Urban mental health / edited by Dinesh Bhugra, Antonio Ventriglio, João Castaldelli-Maia, Layla McCay.

Date:
2019
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Over the past fifty years we have seen an enormous demographic shift in the number of people migrating to urban areas, proliferated by factors such as industrialisation and globalisation. Urban migration has led to numerous societal stressors such as pollution, overcrowding, unemployment, and resource, which in turn has contributed to psychiatric disorders within urban spaces. Rates of mental illness, addictions, and violence are higher in urban areas and changes in social network systems and support have increased levels of social isolation and lack of social support. Part of the Oxford Cultural Psychiatry series, Urban Mental Health brings together international perspectives on urbanisation, its impacts on mental health, the nature of the built environment, and the dynamic nature of social engagement. Containing 24 chapters on key topics such as research challenges, adolescent mental health, and suicides in cities, this resource provides a refreshing look at the challenges faced by clinicians and mental health care professionals today. Emphasis is placed on findings from low- and middle-income countries where expansion is rapid and resources limited bridging the gap in research findings. -- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Physical description

xi, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Edition

First edition.

Contents

Section 1 Urbanization and processes. Introduction / Dinesh Bhugra, Antonio Ventriglio, Jaeo Castaldelli Maia, and Layla McCay -- Sociology and the study of cities / Anthony M. Orum -- Urban design and mental health / Layla McCay -- Globalization and urbanization / Debby Darmansjah, Gurvinder Kalra, and Dinesh Bhugra -- Internal migration and internal boundaries / Antonio Ventriglio and Dinesh Bhugra -- Why urban environments matter for refugee mental health / Peter Schofield -- Urbanization and mental health / Mauro G. Carta and Dinesh Bhugra -- Urbanization and marginalization / Michael Krausz, Verena Strehlau, Fiona Choi, and Kerry L. Jang -- Neuroscience of mental illness in the city / jan Golembiewski -- Psychogenic city / Francesca Solmi and James B. Kirkbride -- Cross-cultural contact: psychosis and the city in modern life / Shuo Zhang, Vishal Bhavasar, and Dinesh Bhugra -- Research challenges / Todd Litman -- Section 2 Mental ill health in cities. Urban design for adolescent mental health / Jenny Roe and Alice Roe -- What has changed in children's behavioural problems reported in Mexico City over a 13-year period? / Jorge Javier Caraveo-Anduaga, Nora Angelica Martinez -- Common mental disorders in cities / Santosh K. Charturvedi and Naryana Manjunaha -- Suicide in cities / -- Sex in the city / Kairi Kolves, Victoria Ross, and Diego de Leo -- Gender and sexual minorities / Richard Bradlow, Neha Singh, Suraj Beloskar, and Gurvinder Kalra -- A tale of two cities: urban mental health in Vancouver and New York City / Kerry L. Jang, Michael Krausz, and Michael Jae Song -- Urban design for mental health in Tokyo / Layla McCay, Emily Suzuki, and Anna Chang -- Section 3 Challenges in urbal settings. Urban mental health strategies / Todd Littman -- Re-conceptualizing urban spaces: towards recovery and reintegration of women living with mental disorders / Shubhada Maitra -- Work, worklessness, and mental health / Jed Boardman and Tom K.J. Craig -- Conclusions / Dinesh Bhugra, Antonio Ventriglio, João Castaldelli-Maia, Layla McCay.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    WA305.1 2019U72
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  • 9780198804949
  • 0198804946