A Manifesto for Mental Health presents a radically new and distinctive outlook that critically
examines the dominant 'disease-model' of mental health care. Incorporating the latest findings
from both biological neuroscience and research into the social determinants of psychological
problems Peter Kinderman offers a contemporary biopsychosocial alternative. He warns that
the way we care for people with mental health problems is creating a hidden human rights
emergency and he proposes a new vision for the future of health organisations across the globe.
The book highlights persuasive evidence that our mental health and wellbeing depend largely on
the society in which we live on the things happen to us and on how we learn to make sense of
and respond to those events. Kinderman proposes a rejection of invalid diagnostic labels
practical help rather than medication and a recognition that distress is usually an
understandable humanresponse to life's challenges. Offering a serious critique of establishment
thinking A Manifesto for Mental Health provides a well-crafted demonstration of how with
scientific rigour and empathy a revolution in mental health care is not only highly desirable
it is also entirely achievable.
