Mental Health Resilience : The Social Context of Coping with Mental Illness

Gosselin, Abigail

State University of New York Press（2024/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 272 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781438497815
• DDC分類 362.2

Full Description

Examines the forms of support, resources, and opportunities a person with mental illness requires to have the resilience needed for mental health recovery.

While resilience is traditionally understood as an inner trait that individuals possess inside themselves, Mental Health Resilience argues that resilience should be seen as the product of social factors, where other individuals and institutions provide the resources, opportunities, and support that enable resilience. Resilience is also partly a matter of justice, as people can only be resilient in addressing their vulnerabilities when they are given adequate resources and opportunities, and in just ways. Seen in this light, Abigail Gosselin examines what a person who has mental illness needs to have the resilience required for mental health recovery and for coping with life challenges in general. With its focus on the social and political conditions of resilience, Mental Health Resilience will appeal to fields such as social philosophy, feminist political philosophy, philosophy of psychiatry, medical humanities, bioethics, and disability studies.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Enabling Mental Health Resilience

2. Vulnerabilities of Mental Illness

3. Inner Resources

4. Social Support

5. Resources for Meeting People's Needs

6. Resources for Social Justice

7. Opportunities for Meaning

Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index