Mental Health Care Resource Book

Introduction.- Understanding Mental Disorders, Mental Health and Well-being.- Cultural and Social Determinants of Mental Health.- Women's Mental Health: The Unchartered Terrain.- A Biopsychosocial Approach to Mental Health.- Community Mental Health: Evolution, Current Status and Future Perspectives.- Contextualising Law and Policy Framework on Mental Health.- Skill Sets and Novel Approaches for Rehabilitation of Persons With Mental Disorders.- Therapeutic Alliance in Psychotherapy: Clinical Significance and Skills Training.- Motivational Interviewing .- Social Skills Training.- Group Therapy: Basic Concepts and Skills.- Integrating 'spirituality' in Social Work- Challenges and Opportunities.- The Banyan Journey: A Continuum in Community Mental Health Care.- Indian Family Caregivers of Mentally Ill: Larger Canvas, Beyond Family Caregiving.

Meenu Anand teaches at the Department of Social Work, University of Delhi, with extensive professional experience and exposure to gender and mental health. Dr. Anand has been actively involved in working on issues related to gender, mental health, and education for more than twenty-five years. She has led several national and international projects on multifaceted developmental issues during her specialized work experience with various grassroots NGOs. Dr. Meenu Anand also specializes as a trainer and conducts various capacity-building and gender sensitization workshops for school and University teachers, bureaucrats, journalists, police personnel, NGO functionaries, and several other stakeholders. She has been instrumental in the development of curriculum at the postgraduate level on gender for Women's Studies and Development Centre, University of Delhi, and has a vast publication in the form of books as well as research papers in national and international journals that seek to highlight issues related to gender, mental health, and social work within interdisciplinary frameworks. She is passionate about working and researching gender and mental health. Her latest book is 'Gender and Mental Health: Combining Theory and Practice' published by Springer Nature, Singapore, in 2020.