The Handbook of Mental Health Communication by Marco C. Yzer,... - 9781394179862

The Handbook of Mental Health CommunicationAuthor(s): Marco C. Yzer, Jason T. Siegel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781394179862, 978-1394179862\nSynopsis\nThe first book of its kind to offer a transdisciplinary exploration of mass communication approaches to mental health \n\nIn the Handbook of Mental Health Communication, a panel of leading scholars from multiple disciplines presents a comprehensive overview of theory and research at the intersection of mass communication and mental health. With timely and authoritative coverage of the impact of message-based mental health promotion, this unique volume places mental health communication in the context of socio-cultural causes of mental illness synthesizing public health, psychopathology, and mass communication scholarship into a single volume. \n\nThroughout the Handbook, nearly one hundred contributing authors emphasize that understanding communication e.