Description: Mind, State and Society examines the reforms in psychiatry and mental health services in Britain during 1960-2010, when de-institutionalisation and community care coincided with the increasing dominance of ideologies of social liberalism, identity politics and neoliberal economics. Featuring contributions from leading academics, policymakers, mental health clinicians, service users and carers, it offers a rich and integrated picture of mental health, covering experiences from children to older people; employment to homelessness; women to LGBTQ+; refugees to black and minority ethnic groups; and faith communities and the military. It asks important questions such as: what happened to peoples' mental health? What was it like to receive mental health services? And how was it to work in or lead clinical care? Seeking answers to questions within the broader social-political context, this book considers the implications for modern society and future policy. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Brief description: George Ikkos is Chair of the History of Psychiatry Special Interest Group and Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He has been a pioneer of service user engagement in postgraduate psychiatric training in the UK and first President of the Pain Medicine Section, President of the Psychiatry Section, and first Director of "Psychiatry in Dialogue with Neuroscience, Medicine and Society" at the Royal Society of Medicine.
Review Quotes: 'The book seeks to show a rich and integrated picture of mental health ... This is a book for study and reflection, mostly for specialists and professionals in psychiatry.' Alain Touwaide, Doody's Notes