This edited collection critically examines the proliferation of the concept of addiction by psychiatry and other allied professions and its cultural use.

This introductory textbook considers aspects of the key theory as applied to contemporary forms of mass cultural production and consumption.

This book offers a transformative guide to anti-capitalist psychotherapy, empowering readers to challenge oppression and foster collective liberation

This interdisciplinary volume examines the social production of mental health and illness in Australia and Aotearoa (New Zealand).

​This book critically examines globalisation of mental health with reference to cases from Malawi and Sri Lanka.

In this chapter, I discuss a range of key ideas, concepts and theories which continue to influence academic enquiry in the sociology of mental health. I provide such a narrative because I believe we a...