AN APPROACH TO COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH

An Approach to Community Mental Health

a relevance extending into more general fields. The headings include?A Community Approach to Preventive Psychiatry, The Psychology of Pregnancy, Early Mother-Child Relationships, and Mental Health Aspects of Family Life. Building on a concept from an earlier work (Emotional Problems of Early Childhood, p. 156) he pays attention to pathogenic forces in the community, together with the traditiona...

A community mental health approach to mental retardation.

An environmental approach to mental health.

Since the days of Freud, the major focus in the field of mental health has been on the individual and on his personality. It is now time to start moving toward a better balance in emphasis between host and environmental factors (W.H.O., 1960). In order to achieve this, some research groups that focus more on the environment than on the personality are needed. This is a natural approach for thos...

Community Mental Health Preparedness in Disasters: A Qualitative Content Analysis in an Iranian Context

Background: Disasters are stressful events not only for individuals who suffer from personal loss but also for the community at large. It seems necessary to study the mental health of the community in disaster situations so as to endorse their health, care planning and prevent disorders. A pure understanding of the community mental health preparedness, based on the experiences and perceptions o...

The Approach to Mental Health

This book contains seven chapters. In the first four Dr. Maclay has attempted to give an outline of psychology. In the last three he is concerned with its application: the titles of these chapters are "The child at home", "Social aspects of psychology" and "How nervousness is treated". Even if these chapters gave a clear and coherent account of their subjects the most important part of a book a...