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Chapter 8 - Parity of Esteem for Mental Health

from Section 2 - Scoping

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2019

By
Sue Bailey
Edited by
Richard Williams ,
Verity Kemp ,
S. Alexander Haslam ,
Catherine Haslam ,
Kamaldeep S. Bhui  and
Susan Bailey
Edited in association with
Daniel Maughan
Richard Williams
Affiliation:
University of South Wales
Verity Kemp
Affiliation:
Healthplanning Ltd.
S. Alexander Haslam
Affiliation:
University of Queensland
Catherine Haslam
Affiliation:
University of Queensland
Kamaldeep S. Bhui
Affiliation:
Queen Mary University of London
Susan Bailey
Affiliation:
Centre for Mental Health
Daniel Maughan
Affiliation:
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
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Summary

This book has considered the nature of health and mental health using the definition of the World Health Organization (WHO) and other definitions in Chapter 6. We now move to considering what the term ‘parity of esteem’ means. This chapter brings together thoughts about parity of esteem for mental health and mental healthcare with physical health and physical healthcare, and the way in which that reflects the contents and values in this book. I have spoken at international events about this topic on many occasions.

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Social Scaffolding
Applying the Lessons of Contemporary Social Science to Health and Healthcare
 , pp. 66 - 71
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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