Screen LibraryMental health in later life : taking a life course approach /
Focusing on mental health rather than mental illness, this book adopts a lifecourse approach to understanding mental health and wellbeing in later life. Well-respected author and scholar Alisoun Milne explores the influences of lifecourse experiences, structural inequalities, socio-political context...
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Policy Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Bristol : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Focusing on mental health rather than mental illness, this book adopts a lifecourse approach to understanding mental health and wellbeing in later life. Well-respected author and scholar Alisoun Milne explores the influences of lifecourse experiences, structural inequalities, socio-political context, history, gender and age related factors and engages with new ways of thinking about preventing mental ill health and promoting mental health in later life. Drawing together material from a number of different fields, the book analyses the meaning and determinants of mental health among older pop |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-335) and index. |
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9781447305712 (paperback) : 144730571X (paperback) 9781447305729 (hardcover) 1447305728 (hardcover) 9781447323402 (electronic book) 1447323408 (electronic book) 9781447323396 (ePub) 1447323394 (ePub) 9781447305736 (ePDF) 1447305736 (ePDF) |
| Index Number: | RC451 |
| CLC: | R749.1 |
| Call Number: | R749.1/M659 |
| Contents: | Demography, topography and mental health problems in later life -- Mental health, psychological well-being, successful ageing and quality of life -- The life course, inequalities and mental health in later life -- The impact of age-related risks and inequalities on mental health in later life -- Socio-economic disadvantage and poverty -- Abuse, mistreatment and neglect -- The fourth age, frailty and transitions -- The mental health and well-being of people living with dementia -- Conceptualising dementia -- Promotion and prevention. |