1st Edition

The Future of Mental Health Deconstructing the Mental Disorder Paradigm

By Eric Maisel Copyright 2016
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

The Future of Mental Health drills to the heart of the current mental health crisis, where hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide receive unwarranted "mental disorder diagnoses." It paints a picture of how mental health providers can improve their practices to better serve individuals in distress and outlines necessary steps for a mental health revolution. Eric Maisel's goal is to inject... Read more
1: Our Human Experience; 2: The Naturalness of Distress; 3: Jettisoning Normal; 4: Rethinking Diagnosis; 5: What Shall We Call You?; 6: The Mental Disorder Labeling Fraud; 7: Chemicals versus Medication; 8: On Meds; 9: On Cause and Effect; 10: Life Purpose, Meaning, and Value; 11: Setting the Bar; 12: The Human Experience Specialist; 13: Twelve Shifts for Professionals; 14: Institutions and Communities of Care; 15: The “Mental Disorders” of Childhood; 16: Understanding “Madness”; 17: Alternatives to Diagnosis; 18: The Brooklyn Project; 19: Twenty Keys to a Mental Health Revolution; 20: The Future of Your Mental Health

Biography

Eric Maisel