Beschreibung:
Philip Browning Helsel is assistant professor of pastoral care and counseling, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, USA.
Introduction1. Social Class and Mental Illness in a Neoliberal Era2. Psychiatric Power and the Limits of Biomedical Diagnosis3. In their Own Words: Mental Health Consumers, Survivors, and Ex-Patients4. Pastoral Counseling and Social Class Shame5. The Counter-Conducts of Pastoral Power6. An Integrative Vision for Pastoral PowerBibliography
This book explores the suffering of social class and how traditional biomedical models for mental illness do not adequately account for the stresses of poverty. Turning to mental health user testimonies, this book equips ministers and counsellors to become working class advocates.