Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health

by Aneshensel, Carol S.

• ISBN13: 9780306460692
• ISBN10: 0306460696
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: PLENUM PUBLISHING

Summary

This wide-ranging handbook brings together experts in the sociology of mental health to present in-depth discussions on the interface between society and the inward experiences of its members. The chapters analyze social group differences in mental disorder and corresponding differences in exposure to the social conditions that cause these disorders. Differences along gender, racial and ethnic, social class, and cohort dimensions are also explored.

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION: ALTERNATIVE UNDERSTANDINGS OF MENTAL HEALTH
The Sociology of Mental Health: Surveying the Field	3	(16)
Carol S. Aneshensel
Jo C. Phelan
Mental Illness in a Multicultural Context	19	(18)
Pauline Agbayani-Siewert
David T. Takeuchi
Rosavinia W. Pangan
Mental Illness as Psychiatric Disorder	37	(20)
Martha Livingston Bruce
The Sociological Study of Mental Illness: A Critique and Synthesis of Four Perspectives	57	(24)
Allan V. Horwitz
II. OBSERVING MENTAL HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY
Issues in Mental Health Assessment	81	(24)
Galen E. Switzer
Mary Amanda Dew
Evelyn J. Bromet
Analyzing Associations between Mental Health and Social Circumstances	105	(22)
John Mirowsky
III. THE SOCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MENTAL ILLNESS
Overview of Descriptive Epidemiology of Mental Disorders	127	(24)
Ronald C. Kessler
Shanyang Zhao
Social Class	151	(16)
Yan Yu
David R. Williams
Race, Ethnicity and Culture in the Sociology of Mental Health	167	(16)
Tony N. Brown
Sherrill L. Sellers
Kendrick T. Brown
James S. Jackson
Mental Disorder in Late Life: Exploring the Influence of Stress and Socioeconomic Status	183	(26)
Neal Krause
Splitting the Difference: Gender, the Self, and Mental Health	209	(16)
Sarah Rosenfield
Family Status and Mental Health	225	(30)
Debra Umberson
Kristi Williams
Work and Mental Health	255	(22)
Mark Tausig
IV. SOCIAL ANTECEDENTS OF MENTAL ILLNESS
Social Stress	277	(24)
Blair Wheaton
Social Integration and Support	301	(20)
R. Jay Turner
J. Blake Turner
Social Stratification and Inequality	321	(24)
Jane D. McLeod
James M. Nonnemaker
Self, Identity, Stress, and Mental Health	345	(24)
Peggy A. Thoits
The Sense of Personal Control: Social-Structural Causes and Emotional Consequences	369	(26)
Catherine E. Ross
Jaya Sastry
The Stress Process Revisited: Reflections on Concepts and Their Interrelationships	395	(22)
Leonard I. Pearlin
Social Transmission in Acute Somatoform Epidemics	417	(24)
William W. Eaton
V. SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF MENTAL ILLNESS
The Social Dynamics of Responding to Mental Health Problems: Past, Present, and Future Challenges to Understanding Individuals' Use of Services	441	(20)
Bernice A. Pescosolido
Carol A. Boyer
Keri M. Lubell
Mental Health Services and Systems	461	(20)
Michael F. Polgar
Joseph P. Morrissey
Labeling and Stigma	481	(14)
Bruce G. Link
Jo C. Phelan
Impact of Mental Illness on the Family	495	(24)
William R. Avison
VI. INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS OF MENTAL ILLNESS
Mental Hospitals and Deinstitutionalization	519	(20)
George W. Dowdall
Instituting Madness: The Evolution of a Federal Agency	539	(26)
Stuart A. Kirk
VII. SOCIAL CONTINUITIES
Life Course Perspectives on Mental Health	565	(20)
Linda K. George
Mental Illness as a Career: Sociological Perspectives	585	(20)
Carol S. Aneshensel
Index	605