<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>I am sending this on behalf of a colleague, so please reach out to the editors (see their emails below!) with any inquiries.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: white;"><b>-------Call for Chapter Proposals------- </b></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: white;"><b>Handbook of Language and Mental Health </b></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Editors, Dr Laura A. Cariola (University of Edinburgh, Clinical and Health Psychology) and Prof Mike Birch (Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts) </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><h1 align="left" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Bloomsbury is pleased to announce the development of a very exciting new project: <i>The Handbook of Language and Mental Health</i>. The <i>Handbook</i> is a single-volume, edited work of reference, mainly aimed at a scholarly market. The book will present a theoretical and research-based state-of-the art comprehensive overview of an interdisciplinary field by bringing together a range of critical and pluralistic perspectives. The chapters will be written by leading and emerging scholars from around the globe for a wide range of disciplines, including linguistics,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; background-color: white;"> sociology, psychology, media, culture, psychotherapy, arts, disability studies, and literature. The <i>Handbook </i>aims to include chapters on a range of topics that critically consider key historical themes </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">and enduring debates, main theoretical and philosophical stances, examine main methodologies paradigms and scholarly traditions, and consider future trajectories within the field of language and mental health as well as the implications to individuals with lived experience. The <i>Handbook</i> is intended to be one of the most significant publications available for scholars in these fields. We are currently seeking contributors for The <i>Handbook of Language and Mental Health</i>, so please find below some relevant information on Handbooks. </span></h1><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: white;"><b>Wish List of Chapter Topics</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>: </b></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Good research practice</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> and methodological approaches, such as ethics in language and mental health research, qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches, and ethics and methods of data collocation. </span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Language and mental health conditions, such as the language of the DSM, language of specific mental health disorders [e.g., depression and suicide; ADHD, dementia; neurodiversity; psychosis; eating disorders; language in psychotherapy and counselling; language and typical and atypical child development. </span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Pathologising, stigmatising mental health discourses, and best representation practices. Stigmatising media representations, focusing on specific populations including LGBTQI+, misogyny, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, ethnicity, and race as well as alternative and stigma-free portrayals. </span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">AI, language and mental health, such as machine learning, Web and Smartphone Apps, bots and online therapy. </span></li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Mental health in cultural studies and the arts, such as language and mental health in literature, art, applied theatre, popular music. </span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Please send your book chapter proposal of up to 300 words with an author’s bio (50 words per author) to Dr. Laura Cariola (<a href="mailto:Laura.Cariola@ed.ac.uk" id="OWA1c8bb62e-10ba-9911-24f4-d60a3e2dae3f" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin: 0px;">Laura.Cariola@ed.ac.uk</a>) and Dr. Mike Birch (<a href="mailto:michael.birch@mcla.edu" id="OWA5bef9976-278a-62c2-dab1-86f8aede17db" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin: 0px;">michael.birch@mcla.edu</a>). </b></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Submission deadline of book chapter proposal: 15 November 2023 </span></p><p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tentative publication date of handbook: 2026 </span></p></div></body></html>