Mind, state and society : social history of psychiatry and mental health in Britain 1960-2010

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. Cover Half-title page Title page Copyright page Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction: Mind State and History in Britain 1960–2010 Part I Social and Institutional Contexts Chapter 1 Historical Perspectives on Mental Health and Psychiatry Chapter 2 The International Context Chapter 3 Liberty’s Command: Liberal Ideology, the Mixed Economy and the British Welfare State Chapter 4 Social Theory, Psychiatry and Mental Health Services Chapter 5 A Sociological Perspective on Psychiatric Epidemiology in Britain Chapter 6 Life, Change and Charisma: Memories of UK Psychiatric Hospitals in the Long 1960s Chapter 7 Mental Hospitals, Social Exclusion and Public Scandals Part II The Cogwheels of Change Chapter 8 Mental Health Law: ‘Legalism’ and ‘Medicalism’ – ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Chapter 9 Ken Clarke in Conversation with Peter Tyrer: My Role in Justice and Health Chapter 10 UK Mental Health Policy and Practice Chapter 11 Mental Health Policy and Economics in Britain Chapter 12 True Confessions of a New Managerialist Chapter 13 Subjectivity, Citizenship and Mental Health: UK Service User Perspectives Chapter 14 How the Voice of People with Mental Health Problems, Families and the Voluntary Sector Changed the Landscape Chapter 15 Women in UK Psychiatry and Mental Health Chapter 16 Biological Psychiatry in the UK and Beyond Chapter 17 The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Standardisation of Psychiatric Practice Chapter 18 The Evolution of Psychiatric Practice in Britain Chapter 19 The Changing Roles of the Professions in Psychiatry and Mental Health: Psychiatric (Mental Health) Nursing Chapter 20 Critical Friends: Anti-psychiatry and Clinical Psychology Part III Implications in Practice Chapter 21 Changing Generations I: Children, Adolescents and Young People Chapter 22 Changing Generations II: The Challenges of Ageism in Mental Health Policy Chapter 23 Changing Services I: Clinical Psychiatric Perspectives on Community and Primary Care Psychiatry and Mental Health Services Chapter 24 Changing Services II: From Colony to Community – People with Developmental Intellectual Disability Chapter 25 Drugs, Drug Harms and Drug Laws in the UK: Lessons from History Chapter 26 Homelessness and Mental Health Chapter 27 From Fear and Pity to Parity: Politics and Public Mental Health Chapter 28 The Origins of the Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder Programme in England Chapter 29 Psychiatry and Mentally Disordered Offenders in England Chapter 30 Community Psychiatry: A Work in Progress Chapter 31 UK Deinstitutionalisation: Neoliberal Values and Mental Health Part IV Special Topics Chapter 32 Dealing with the Melancholy Void: Responding to Parents Who Experience Pregnancy Loss and Perinatal Death Chapter 33 Work, Unemployment and Mental Health Chapter 34 Sexual Diversity and UK Psychiatry and Mental Health Chapter 35 Race, State and Mind Chapter 36 Refugees, Asylum and Mental Health in the UK Chapter 37 Religion, Spirituality and Mental Health Chapter 38 Soldiers, Veterans and Psychological Casualties: Legacies of Northern Ireland, the Falklands, Afghanistan and Iraq Epilogue: Mind, State, Society and ‘Our Psychiatric Future’ Index "Historical Perspectives on Mental Health and Psychiatry Introduction In the period from the 1960s to the 2010s, there are six major shifts in encounters between professionals and their patients. They are: deinstitutionalization, antipsychiatry, patients' movements, changes in diagnostic nomenclature, evidence-based medicine, and the privileging of psychopharmacology, neurochemistry, and neurobiology. These themes overlap to varying degrees. Linked to these changes are major shifts in the care of older people with mental health issues, the 'treatment' of homosexuals, debates about informed consent, the 'medicalisation' of everyday complains, and shifts from psychosocial models of psychiatry to biomedical ones"-- Provided by publisher Mind, State and Society examines reforms in psychiatry and mental health care in Britain during 1960-2010 and their relation to society. A truly multidisciplinary account, it will appeal to psychiatrists, mental health professionals, policymakers, social scientists, historians and activists. It is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.