Mental Health and Illness in the City
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| Summary: | 15 illus., 10 illus. in color. eReference. text |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore :
Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer,
2017.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2017. |
| Series: | Mental Health and Illness Worldwide,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2327-9 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- Tentative Table of Contents - Prevalence of mental disorders in cities worldwide
- Positive factors for mental health promotion, prevention and treatment in city settings
- City planning, neighborhoods and mental health
- Green environment and mental health in the city. (Author: Kua Ee Heok). - Ghettoes, cultural groupings and mental disorders
- Slums and economic disparities in mental health
- Failure of community care in large cities and urban slums
- The challenges of growing cities to mental health services
- Cultural diversity and mental health
- Institutions - prisons and asylums and the deinstitutionalization
- Homelessness and challenges of community care
- Mental health, crime and illicit drug use
- Terrorism and psychiatry
- Racism, stigma and religion in mental health. - Loneliness and single person households
- Mental disorders in rapidly growing cities
- Future perspectives.