Book contents
- A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health Second Edition
- A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health Second Edition
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I Approaches to Mental Health and Illness: Conflicting Definitions and Emphases
- Part II The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness
- Part III Mental Health Systems and Policy
- 21 Understanding the Context and Dynamic Social Processes of Mental Health Treatment
- 22 Cultural Diversity and Mental Health Treatment
- 23 The Mental Health Consumers/Survivors Movement in the United States
- 24 Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System
- 25 Mental Health Care in Organizations and Systems
- 26 Integrating Service Delivery Systems for Persons with a Severe Mental Illness
- 27 Consequences of Managed Care for Mental Health Providers
- 28 Mental Health and the Changing Context of HIV
- 29 Labeling and Stigma
- References
- Index
21 - Understanding the Context and Dynamic Social Processes of Mental Health Treatment
from Part III - Mental Health Systems and Policy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health Second Edition
- A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health Second Edition
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I Approaches to Mental Health and Illness: Conflicting Definitions and Emphases
- Part II The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness
- Part III Mental Health Systems and Policy
- 21 Understanding the Context and Dynamic Social Processes of Mental Health Treatment
- 22 Cultural Diversity and Mental Health Treatment
- 23 The Mental Health Consumers/Survivors Movement in the United States
- 24 Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System
- 25 Mental Health Care in Organizations and Systems
- 26 Integrating Service Delivery Systems for Persons with a Severe Mental Illness
- 27 Consequences of Managed Care for Mental Health Providers
- 28 Mental Health and the Changing Context of HIV
- 29 Labeling and Stigma
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter focuses on mental health utilization, commonly referred to as help-seeking. It focuses on the social processes involved in responding to mental health problems and if, when, and how individuals receive care from a wide range of people in the community-their friends and family, physicians, mental health specialists, alternative healers, the clergy, Web sites, and life coaches. The chapter considers how the fiscal and organizational arrangements seen with changes in the American health care system, particularly the expansion and more recent contraction of stringent managed care strategies, affect how mental health care services are allocated and what this means for people and professionals responding to illness. In the Network-Episode Model (NEM), individuals are seen as pragmatic users with commonsense knowledge and cultural routines who seek out and respond to others when psychiatric symptoms or unusual behavior occurs.
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- A Handbook for the Study of Mental HealthSocial Contexts, Theories, and Systems, pp. 420 - 438Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009
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