Poverty, Mental Health, and Social Inclusion
By Cheryl Forchuk, Rick Csiernik
Description
Poverty, Mental Health, and Social Inclusion offers a comprehensive selection of chapters written by academic researchers as well as direct practitioners and mental health consumer-survivors to examine the intersection of poverty, mental health, and social exclusion. With the aim of addressing complex issues from homelessness and housing to stigma and mental health, the volume presents the perspectives of a wide range of those affected by poverty and social exclusion including Canadian veterans, Indigenous women, homeless youth and families, and mental health consumer-survivors. Divided into four sections, the chapters explore the effects of social exclusion, examine the trajectory of how it occurs, analyze harmful policies in place that exacerbate the correlation between poverty and mental health issues, and introduce potential solutions to expand social inclusion to marginalized groups.
Accessibly written, this text will be a valuable resource for courses on mental health, poverty, and social policy across the disciplines of social work, sociology, and health studies at both the graduate and undergraduate level.
FEATURES
- includes research that represents the lived experiences of those living in poverty and homelessness, organized in a narrative framework
- covers a wide range of issues related to social inclusion, exclusion, and mental health
- provides a critical overview of current housing, income support, and mental health policies and their effectiveness
Details
Price
Number of Pages
372
Dimensions
17.15 " x 24.77”
print ISBN
9781773382234
eBook – Fixed Layout ISBN
9781773382241
eBook – Reflowable ISBN
9781773382258
Subjects
—Derek Cook, Director, Canadian Poverty Institute, Ambrose University
—Stephen Gaetz, Professor, York University, and President of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
