Social psychiatry is concerned with the effects of the social environment on the
mental health of the individual, and with the effects of the person with a mental
disorder on his/her social environment. The field encompasses social interventions,
prevention and the promotion of mental health. This new edition of Principles of
Social Psychiatry provides a broad overview of current thinking in this expanding
field and will be a source of ideas both in research and for the management of
mental disorder. It opens by putting social psychiatry in perspective, within both
psychiatry and the social sciences. From the patient.s perspective, the outermost
influence is the culture in which they live, followed by their neighbourhoods,
workmates, and friends and family. The next section considers how we conceptualize
the social world, from families through cultural identify and ethnicity to the wider
social environment.

The book reviews the social determinants and consequences of the major mental
disorders before considering interventions and service delivery at various levels
to mitigate these. It closes with a review of the social impact of mental illness
around the world and a thoughtful essay by the editors on the current state of social
psychiatry and where it is heading.

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