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Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 3/2024

26.02.2024 | Editorial

Theorising the social in mental health research and action: a call for more inclusivity and accountability

verfasst von: Dörte Bemme, Dominique Béhague

Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Ausgabe 3/2024

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The social dimension of mental health is a site of complex causation and intervention. After decades of calls for more attention to the social in mental health research and action [1], many researchers, service providers and activists share an interest in examining how structural, economic, ecological, relational, and political factors impinge upon mental well-being. At the same time, while collaborative and interdisciplinary exchange between knowledge communities has grown, crosstalk between them is not yet mainstream practice [2]. How the social is conceptualised and acted on therefore differs across academic disciplines, health and welfare services, community organizations, and patient advocacy and user led groups. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Theorising the social in mental health research and action: a call for more inclusivity and accountability
verfasst von
Dörte Bemme
Dominique Béhague
Publikationsdatum
26.02.2024
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Ausgabe 3/2024
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-024-02632-2

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