The Age of Insanity Modernity and Mental Health

Subjects:

• Psychology » Psychology (General)
• Psychology » Social Psychology
• Psychology » Environmental Psychology

Reviews:

• Large collections at all levels.
  —Choice April 2002
• I found Shumaker's book to be readable, interesting throughout, at times fasinating, and a touch profound.
  —APA Review of Books October 2003
• This thoughtful, provocative volume explores the generalized psychological effects of living in the modern world....This book provides the framework, the context, for further work to be done in this field. I expect volumes to follow in Schumaker's footsteps-volumes dedicated explicity to addressing and resolving the breakdown of mental health associated with modern living. Before such volumes can be written, someone must show that modernity is indeed the culprit behind a cluster of psychopathologies, which is what this superb book from Schumaker does so convincingly.
  —mentalhelp.net .

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction: The Human Context of Modernity
• Megatrends in Identity, Consciousness, and Psychological Defense
• Materialism, Consumption, and Mental Health
• The Cultural Dynamics of Western Depression
• The New Anxiety
• Modernity and Interpersonal Health
• Spiritual and Existential Health
• Mental Health and the Physical World
• The New Mental Health Worker
• Bibliography