Background Primary care is being encouraged to implement multiprofessional, system level,
chronic illness management approaches to depression. We undertook this study to identify …

In Imprisoned in English, Anna Wierzbicka argues that in the present English-dominated
world, millions of people-including academics, lawyers, diplomats, and writers-can become" …

How do we understand mental health problems in their social context? A former BMA
Medical Book of the Year award winner, this book provides a sociological analysis of major …

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 …

Conclusions—Patients with mild depression or uncomplicated grief reaction usually have a
good prognosis and don't need drug treatment. Clinicians should focus on identifying people …

Equitable access to primary care for people with common mental health problems in the UK
remains problematic. The experiences of people from hard-to-reach groups offer important …

BackgroundThere is a paucity of data describing how general practitioners (GPs) label or
record depression. AimsTo determine incidence and sociodemographic variation in GP …

Past and current debates about applying medical diagnoses to psychological difference in
society are examined. Beginning with a brief historical overview from antiquity to 'anti …

Abstract Background The Normalization Process Model is a conceptual tool intended to
assist in understanding the factors that affect implementation processes in clinical trials and …

Biographical accounts of illness offer useful insights into the social and adaptive processes
of living with chronic illness. Yet there are concerns that the underlying theoretical …