Table of Contents

1. Which behaviours are judged as ‘mental illness’ and why are they called ‘mental’? 2. Contextual analysis for mental health 3. Contextualizing language and thinking (cognition) for mental health 4. Deconstrucing the DSM. 5. Mental health in modernity 6. Belief and rationality, some thought disorders, and self-identity 7. Contexts for societal oppression: being female, poor, or with a refugee background 8. Contexts of devastation: Indigenous mental health and colonization

About the Author

Bernard Guerin is Professor of Psychology at the University of South Australia.