Understanding Mental Health and Mental Illness An Exploration of the Past Present and Future 1st Edition by Paul H Jenkins ISBN 1138340758‎ 978-1138340756

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ISBN 10: 1138340758‎ 

ISBN 13: 978-1138340756

Author: Paul H. Jenkins

The question of whether someone is psychologically healthy or mentally ill, and the fundamental nature of mental health underlying that question has been debated in cultural, academic, and clinical settings for millennia. This book provides an overview of how people have conceptualized and understood mental illness through the ages.

The book begins by looking at mental illness in humanity’s evolutionary past then moves through the major historical epochs: the mythological, the Classical, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and modern, and the postmodern. At each point, it focuses on major elements that emerged regarding how people judged sanity and insanity and places major emphasis on the growing fields of psychiatry and psychology as they emerged and developed. As the book moves into the twenty-first century, Dr. Jenkins presents his integrated model of knowledge, a systemic, holistic model of the psyche that creates a conceptual foundation for understanding both psychological wellness and disorder and approaching assessment and diagnosis.

This text provides a valuable exploration of mental health and illness across the ages and gives those already well versed in the subject matter a fresh perspective on the past and new model of knowledge and assessment for the future.

 

Table of contents:

Introduction

Ch. 1: Prehistory

Ch. 2: The Mythological Era

Ch. 3: The Classical Era

Ch. 4: The Middle Ages

Ch. 5: The Renaissance

Ch. 6: The Enlightenment

Ch. 7: The Modern Age

Ch. 8: The Postmodern Age

Ch. 9: The Twenty-First Century

Ch. 10: Now and Into the Future

 

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