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Health and society : contributions to improving healthcare from the social sciences / Richard Williams -- Six features of the human condition : the social causation and social construction of mental health / Steven R. Smith -- Social sciences and health : a framework for building and strengthening social connectedness / Catherine Haslam and S. Alexander Haslam -- The social identity approach to health / S. Alexander Haslam, Jolanda Jetten and Catherine Haslam -- The relevance of social science to improving health and healthcare / Daniel Maughan, Sue Bailey and Richard Williams -- The social determinants of mental health / Kamaldeep S. Bhui, Oliver Quantick and David Ross -- Laidback science : messages from horizontal epidemiology / Alarcos Cieza and Jerome Bickenbach -- Parity of esteem for mental health / Sue Bailey -- Belonging / Peter Hindley -- Families and communities : their meanings and roles across ethnic cultures / Hinemoa Elder -- The nature of resilience : coping with adversity / Richard Williams and Verity Kemp -- The value of tolerance and the tolerability of competing values / Jonathan Montgomery -- Towards partnerships in health and social care : a coloquium of approaches to connectedness / Richard Williams, Susan Bailey, and Verity Kemp -- Commentaries on core themes in section 3 / Jonathan Montgomery, S. Alexander Haslam, Adrian Neal and Richard Williams -- Crowds and cooperation / John Drury, Hani Alnabulsi and Holly Carter -- Emergencies, disasters and risk reduction : a microcosm of social relationships in communities / Tim Healing, Anthony D. Redmond, Verity Kemp and Richard Williams -- Shared social identity in emergencies, disasters and conflicts / John Drury and Khalifah Alfadhli -- Complex trauma and complex responses to trauma in the asylum context / Cornelius Katona and Francesca Brady -- The mental health of veterans : ticking time bomb or business as usual? / Deirdre Macmanus, Anna F Taylor and Neil Greenberg -- Violent radicalisation : relational roots and preventive implications / Kamaldeep S. Bhui and Rachel Jenkins -- Ways out of intractable conflict / John, Professor the Lord Alderdice -- Agency as a source of recovery and creativity / John Drury, Tim Healing, Richard Williams, Catherine Haslam and Verity Kemp -- Making connectedness count : from theory to practising a social identity model of health / Stephen Reicher -- Public health values and evidence-based practice / Jonathan Montgomery and Richard Williams -- Social scaffolding : supporting the development of positive social identities and agency in communities / Catherine Haslam, S. Alexandser Haslam and Tegan Cruwys -- Synthesising social science into healthcare / Daniel Maughan and Richard Williams -- Relationships, groups, teams and long-termism / Peter Aitken, John Drury and Richard Williams -- Caring for the carers / Adrian Neal, Verity Kemp and Richard Williams -- The importance of creating and harnessing a sense of 'us' : social identity as the missing link between leadership and health / S. Alexander Haslam, Niklas K. Steffens and Kim Peters -- Smithtown as society / Verity Kemp, Daniel Maughan, Richard Williams, Richard Mills and Tim Healing -- Suit the action to the word, the word to the action / Richard Williams.

Using current societal dilemmas, this book explores how social factors and social identity influence our health and recovery from illness. It includes recent research to present practitioners, researchers, policymakers and students of many disciplines with the material to support them in better harnessing current knowledge of the impact of social factors on health. The contents will influence collaborative working across policy, disciplinary and practice boundaries to design and deliver healthcare services. The book identifies the importance of social connectedness, social support, agency and self and group efficacy in people's health, longevity and resilience after adversity. Core perspectives include the social identity approach and a values framework for taking public health ethics into decision-making, both of which emphasise valuing people and co-productive relationships. Advocating better targeted mental health promotion and integrated interventions, this book strongly argues for a greater emphasis on social factors in evidence-based and cost-effective practice.