Understanding mental health and mental illness : an exploration of the past, present, and future / Paul H. Jenkins.
| Author/creator | Jenkins, Paul H. author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Prehistory -- The Mythological Era -- The Classical Era -- The Middle Ages -- The Renaissance -- The Enlightenment -- The Modern Age -- The Postmodern Age -- The Twenty-First Century -- Now and Into the Future. |
| Abstract | "The question of whether someone is psychologically healthy or mentally ill, and the fundamental nature of mental health underlying that question has been debated in cultural, academic, and clinical settings for millennia. This book provides an overview of how people have conceptualized and understood mental illness through the ages. The book begins by looking at mental illness in humanity's evolutionary past then moves through the major historical epochs: the mythological, the Classical, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and Modern, and the Post-modern. At each point, it focuses on major elements that emerged regarding how people judged sanity and insanity and places major emphasis on the growing fields of psychiatry and psychology as they emerged and developed. As the book moves into the Twenty-First century, Dr. Jenkins presents his Integrated Model of knowledge, a systemic, holistic model of the psyche that creates a conceptual foundation for understanding both psychological wellness and disorder and approaching assessment and diagnosis. This text provides a valuable exploration of mental health and illness across the ages and gives those already well-versed in the subject matter a fresh perspective on the past and new model of knowledge and assessment for the future"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Jenkins, Paul H.. Understanding mental health and mental illness New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. 9781138340664 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020035575 |
| ISBN | 9780429440526 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 0429440529 |
| ISBN | 9780429803277 (ePub ebook) |
| ISBN | 0429803273 |
| ISBN | 0429803281 |
| ISBN | 9780429803260 (Mobipocket ebook) |
| ISBN | 0429803265 |
| ISBN | 9780429803284 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| Standard identifier# | 10.4324/9780429440526 |
| Stock number | 9780429803277 Ingram Content Group |
| Stock number | 9780429440526 Taylor & Francis |