Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health

This second edition of the Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health features theory-driven reviews of recent research with a comprehensive approach to the investigation of the ways in which society shapes the mental health of its members and the lives of those who have been diagnosed as having a m...

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Other Authors: Aneshensel, Carol S. (Editor), Phelan, Jo C. (Editor), Bierman, Alex (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2013, 2013
Edition:2nd ed. 2013
Series:Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 25. Labeling and Stigma; Bruce G. Link and Jo C. Phelan
  • Chapter 26. The Impact of Mental Illness on the Family; William R. Avison andJinette Comeau
  • Chapter 27. Mental Health and the Law; Virginia Aldigé Hiday and Heathcote W. Wales
  • VII. SOCIAL CONTINUITIES
  • Chapter 28. Life Course Perspectives on Mental Health; Linda K. George
  • Chapter 29. Mental Illness as a Career: Sociological Perspectives; Carol S. Aneshensel.-
  • Chapter 17. Social Relations, Social Integration, and social Suppoort; J. Blake Turner
  • Chapter 18. Self,Identity, Stress and Mental Health; Peggy A. Thoits
  • Chapter 19. The Sense of Personal Control: Social Structural Causes and Emotional Consequences; Catherine E. Ross and John Mirowsky
  • V. INSTITUTIONAL ANTECEDENTS
  • Chapter 20. Family Status and Mental Health: Recent Advances and Future Directions; Debra Umberstone, Mieke Beth Thomeer, and Kristi Williams
  • Chapter 21. The Sociology of Work and Well-Being; Mark Tausig
  • Chapter 22. Religion and Mental Health; Scott, Schieman, Alex Bierman, and Christopher G. Ellison
  • Chapter 23. Neighborhood Context and Mental Health; Terrence D. Hill and David Maimon
  • VI. SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES
  • Chapter 24. The Social Dynamics of Responding to Mental Health Problems: Past, Present and Future Challenges to Understanding Individuals' Use of Services; Bernice A. Pescosolido, Carol A. Boyer and Tait R. Medina
  • Chapter 9.  Overview of Descriptive Epidemiology of Mental Disorders; Ronald C. Kessler.- Chapter 10. Age, Aging and Mental Health; Kenneth F. Ferraro and Lindsay A. Rinaldo
  • Chapter11. Social Stratification, Social Closure and Social Class as Determinants of Mental Health Disparities; Charles Muntaner, Edwin Ng, Christophe Vanroelen, Sharon Christ, and William W. Eaton
  • Chapter 12. Social Stratification and Inequality; Jane D. McLeod
  • Chapter 13. Race, Nativity, and Cultural Influences in the Sociology of Mental Health; Tony N. Brown, Katharine M. Donato, Mary Therese Laske, and Ebony M. Duncan
  • Chapter 14. Gender and Mental Health; Sarah Rosenfield and Dawne Mouzon
  • IV. SOCIAL ANTECEDENTS
  • Chapter15. Social Stress in the 21st Century; Blair Wheaton, Shirin Montazer, Marisa Young, and Catherine Stuart
  • Chapter 16. Current Issues and Future Directions in Research into the Stress Process; Leonard I. Pearlin and Alex Bierman
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1. The Sociology of Mental Health: Surveying the Field; Carol S. Aneshensel
  • I. CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ILLNESS
  • Chapter 2. Listening to Voices: Patient Experience and the Meanings of Mental Illness; David A. Karp and Lara B. Birk
  • Chapter 3. Mental Illness as Psychiatric Disorder; Martha L. Bruce amd Patrick J. Raue
  • Chapter 4. The Medicalization of Mental Disorder; Peter Conrad and Caitlin Slodden.- Chapter 5. Public Beliefs about Mental Illness; Jason Schittker.- Chapter 6. The Sociological Study of Mental Illness:A Critique and Synthesis of Four Perspectives; Allan V. Horwitz.-II. METHODOLOGY
  • Chapter 7. Issues in Mental Health Assessment; Galan E. Switzer, Mary Amanda Dew and Evelyn J. Bromet
  • Chapter 8. Analyzing Associations between Mental Health and Social Circumstances; John Mirowsky
  • III. THE SOCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ILLNESS