New Section: Perspectives on Mental Health

Ethnographic perspectives on global mental health.

The field of Global Mental Health (GMH) aims to influence mental health policy and practice worldwide, with a focus on human rights and access to care. There have been important achievements, but GMH has also been the focus of scholarly controversies arising from political, cultural, and pragmatic critiques. These debates have become increasingly polarized, giving rise to a need for more dialog...

The Mental as Fundamental New Perspectives on

Health provider perspectives on mental health service provision for Chinese people living in Christchurch, New Zealand

BACKGROUND Migration imposes stress and may contribute to the incidence of mental illness among natives of mainland China living overseas. Both cultural norms and service inadequacies may act as barriers to accessing needed mental health services. OBJECTIVE Assess New Zealand health providers' perspectives on the utilization of mental health services by immigrants from mainland China. METHO...

Public Mental Health: Global Perspectives

This book aims to give an overview of the key issues in public mental health. It is timely as many populations are suffering the depressing consequences of the economic downturn, interest in mental health and well-being by policy makers is increasing, and the recent World Health Organization’s Mental Health Action Plan moves this issue to the top of the health agenda. The book is structured in ...

SECTION 3 ExPLORINg OCCUPATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES