ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts covered in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book looks at burgeoning trends and discusses how one can sidestep them and practice as a humane helper. Helping another person who is suffering or whose behaviors are harming him or others is very hard. A sensible, lovely option, and a great improvement over much of the help being currently offered, is 'just a little more humanity, please'. Holding a rich, rounded picture of human nature, human reality, and the challenges of life is not that implausible a task. A helper ought to be aware of the eye-popping implications of such a smorgasbord of approaches. The humane helper would advocate for a mental wellness movement that includes better conditions for everyone, less poverty, less hunger, less ignorance, less cruelty, more love, fewer of the bad things and more of the good things.
