Examining Mental Health through Social Constructionism

1. The Critical Turn to Language in the Field of Mental Health
Michelle O’Reilly, Jessica Nina Lester

2. History of Mental Health and Mental Illness
Michelle O’Reilly, Jessica Nina Lester

3. Classification Systems and Diagnostic Processes
Michelle O’Reilly, Jessica Nina Lester

4. Critical Perspectives in Psychiatry: Anti- and Critical Psychiatry
Michelle O’Reilly, Jessica Nina Lester

5. Models of Disability and the Translation to Psychiatric Categories
Michelle O’Reilly, Jessica Nina Lester

6. Constructions of Stigma
Michelle O’Reilly, Jessica Nina Lester

7. The Rhetoric of Evidence-Based Practice
Michelle O’Reilly, Jessica Nina Lester

8. Language-Based Methodologies for Studying Mental Health
Michelle O’Reilly, Jessica Nina Lester

9. Empirical Examples: Language, Mental Health, and Therapeutic Approaches
Michelle O’Reilly, Jessica Nina Lester

10. Empirical Examples: Language and Child Mental Health
Michelle O’Reilly, Jessica Nina Lester

11. Conclusions: Thinking About the Future of Mental Health
Michelle O’Reilly, Jessica Nina Lester

Keywords: Psychology, Health Psychology, Critical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Psychiatry, Research Methodology