The centrality of personal relationships in the creation and amelioration of mental health problems

The Current Interdisciplinary Case

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ID4217876
AutoresDavid Pilgrim (0000-0001-8140-8734, University of Lancashire), Anne Rogers (0000-0002-7231-790X, University of Manchester), Richard P Bentall (0000-0001-7561-2923, Bangor University), Richard Bentall (University of Bangor, UK)
Ano2009
Volume13
Fascículo2
Páginas235-254
Data de publicação2009-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1363-4593 • E-ISSN: 1461-7196
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363459308099686
PMID19228830
OpenAlexW2153374707
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas64

An interdisciplinary case is made for the centrality of personal relationships in the creation and amelioration of mental health problems. Taking the work of John Bowlby as a starting point, the article summarizes accumulating evidence from the past 50 years about the link between childhood adversity and adult mental health problems. Evidence is also reviewed about contemporary interpersonal impacts on adult mental health from natural social settings and in professional therapy. These empirical summaries are then discussed in the context of dominant trends in professional knowledge about bio-determinism within psychiatry and the emphasis upon models and techniques in professional and political advocates of the psychological therapies. It is concluded that the latter trends are diverting us from policies, which properly concede the importance of relationships for improving the mental health of the population

Centrality · Determinism · Epistemology · Geography · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Mental health · Population · Psychiatry · Sociology · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology