A comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health, with chapters written by leading scholars and researchers in their fields.
The 2nd edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health: Contexts, Theories, and Systems provides a comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health, with chapters written by leading scholars and researchers. The volume presents an overview of historical, social, and institutional frameworks for understanding mental health and illness. Part I examines social factors that shape psychiatric diagnosis and the measurement of mental health and illness, the theories that explain the definition and treatment of mental disorders, and cultural variability in mental health. Part II investigates effects of social context on mental health and illness. Individual chapters consider the role of social statuses including class, gender, race, and age. Several chapters focus on the critical role played by stress, marriage, work, and social support, with a concluding chapter focusing on terrorism. Part III focuses on the organization, delivery, and evaluation of mental health services, including a discussion of the criminalization of mental illness, the mental health challenges posed by HIV, and the importance of stigma in meeting the mental health needs of individuals. A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health is a key research reference source that will be useful to both undergraduates and graduate students studying mental health and illness from any number of disciplines.
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"As a useful 'starting point,' the second edition of the Handbook provides a helpful reference work on an expanse of issues for students and professionals wanting to take a step back to understand the influences, factors, and stressors that may have contributed to the clinical picture." - PsycCRITIQUES
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A comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health, with chapters written by leading scholars and researchers in their fields.
Part I: Introduction to Part I: approaches to mental health and illness
Teresa L. Scheid and Tony N. Brown;
1. An overview of sociological
perspectives on the definitions, causes, and responses to mental health and
illness Allan V. Horwitz;
2. The measurement of mental disorder Jerome C.
Wakefield and Mark F. Schmitz;
3. The prevalence of mental illness Ronald C.
Kessler;
4. Biological approaches to psychiatric disorders: a sociological
approach Sharon Schwartz and Cheryl Corcoran;
5. Psychological approaches to
mental illness Christopher Peterson;
6. Sociological approaches to mental
illness Peggy A. Thoits;
7. Viewing mental health from the complete state
paradigm Corey L. M. Keyes and Barret Michalec;
8. Mental health systems in
cross-cultural context Harriet P. Lefley; Part II: Introduction to Part II:
the social context of mental health and illness Tony N. Brown and Teresa L.
Scheid;
9. Stressors, stress, and distress Blair Wheaton and Shirin Montazer;
10. Social support and mental health R. Jay Turner and Robyn Lewis;
11. Work
and unemployment as stressors Mary Clare Lennon and Laura Limonic;
12.
Socio-economic stratification and mental disorder William W. Eaton, Carles
Muntaner and Jaime C. Sapag;
13. Gender and mental health: do males and
females have different amounts or types of problems? Sara Rosenfield and Dena
Smith;
14. Race and mental health: patterns and challenges David Williams,
Manuela Costa and Jacinta Leavell;
15. African American women and mental
well-being: the triangulation of race, gender, and socioeconomic status Verna
Keith and Diane Brown;
16. Marital status and mental health Kristi Williams,
Adrianne Frech and Daniel L. Carlson;
17. Stress and distress in childhood
and adolescence Elizabeth G. Menaghan;
18. Psychopathology and risky sexual
behaviors among black adolescents Cleo Howard Caldwell and Ebony Sandusky;
19. Well-being across the life course John Mirowsky and Catherine Ross;
20.
Mental health and terrorism Robert J. Johnson and Steven E. Hobfoll; Part
III: Introduction to Part III: mental health systems and policy Teresa L.
Scheid and Tony N. Brown;
21. Understandng the context and dynamic processes
of mental health treatment Bernice Pescosolido and Carol A. Boyer;
22.
Cultural diversity and mental health treatment Emily Walton, Kateri Berasi,
David T. Takeuchi and Edwina S. Uehara;
23. The mental health
consumers/survivors movement in the US Athena McLean;
24. Mental illness and
the criminal justice system Virginia Aldigé Hiday and Padraic Burns;
25.
Mental health in organizations and systems Michael Polgar;
26. Integrating
service delivery systems for persons with severe mental illness Gary S.
Cuddeback and Joseph Morrissey;
27. Consequences of managed care for mental
health care providers Teresa L. Scheid;
28. Mental health and the changing
context of HIV James Walkup and Stephen Crystal;
29. Labelling and stigma
Bruce G. Link and Jo C. Phelan.
Teresa L. Scheid is Professor of Sociology and serves on the faculty for doctoral programs in public policy, organization science, and health services research at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. She has published widely on the organization and delivery of mental health care services with a focus on the work of mental health care providers. This work is reflected in her book Tie a Knot and Hang On: Providing Mental Health Care in a Turbulent Environment (2004). Professor Scheid's current work has expanded to examine the mental health consequences of HIV. Tony N. Brown is Associate Professor of Sociology and holds secondary appointments in Psychology and Human Development, and Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University. He also serves as faculty in the Program in African American and Diaspora Studies, the Developmental Psychopathology Research Training Program, the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society, and the Center for Evaluation and Program Improvement. His research interests include the mental health impact of race-related stressors, racial identity, ethnic/race socialization, the conceptualization of mental health, and psychiatric epidemiology. In recent work, he examines the psychological costs of racism for blacks as well as the mental health benefits some whites receive because of racism.
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