Good condition. Minor signs of shelf wear including slight creasing to the cover corners and some small marks to the cover and text block edges. Numerous pages throughout have been underlined and annotated in pencil, although the text remains readable. The binding is secure and there are otherwise no significant marks or damage. Over-reliance on biological models in mental health practice has resulted in growing discontent from practitioners and service users, who know that social factors also have a major impact on people's mental health. Social approaches enable practitioners to promote recovery in ways that move beyond the limitations of biomedical treatments. Championing a range of innovative approaches, this timely book offers a holistic model for understanding and responding to mental distress. It places mental health within its broader social context, encouraging engagement with not just the person experiencing mental distress, but also their family and wider social world. D