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Personhood has provided a lens for conceptualising dementia practice and research for
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How do we understand mental health problems in their social context? A former BMA
Medical Book of the Year award winner, this book provides a sociological analysis of major …

There is a growing need for a new kind of debate at the intersection of the humanities and
healthcare, health and well-being. In the recent past the field of medical humanities has …

Is depression simply the result of chemical imbalances, or Schizophrenia a wholly biological
disorder? What role do the broader circumstances of an individual's social, cultural and …

People who experience psychological distress also experience social injustice. This
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Description: Second Edition.| New York: Routledge, 2020.| Series: Routledge international
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Through a series of case studies this book brings to the fore the voices, lives, and capacities
of people with mental health problems as well as the difficulties they face. It effectively …

Rogowski's second edition of this bestselling textbook responds to the major changes to
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The field of educating individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder has ever been rife with
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