Traces the challenges families and communities face, considers the plight of sufferers and what they experience, and offers case examples

Classic work of positive psychology

One in five Americans will have mental health problems in any given year. This issue guide presents a framework that asks: How can we reduce the impact of mental illness in America?

Fernando weaves together themes of immense importance for the future of psychiatry and mental health services in a multi-cultural setting, exploring: * the nature of racism and its permeation into mental health services * the inside story of the struggle against racism in statutory and voluntary sectors of the mental health system * the history of psychiatry and the role of spirituality, holistic thinking, psychotherapy and Asian traditions of medicine.