Communication and Mental Health in Global Contexts: Opportunities for Transformation, Representation, and Social Justice (Routledge Research in Health Communication)

This volume offers a social justice perspective to mental health and communication in global contexts by foregrounding equitable and ethical understandings of mental health disparities. Representing leading and emerging voices in Communication, the chapters employ theoretical and methodological approaches spanning community-based participatory research, communicative precarity and communicative violence, media framing, and cultural critiques to address stigma, promote mental health literacy, and shape equitable understandings of accessibility and quality of care. Edited by Vinita Agarwal and with a foreword by Teri Thompson, this volume will interest scholars, students, and practitioners in mental health, health communication, social work, patient advocacy, community health, psychology, and public health.