A handbook for the study of mental health : social contexts, theories, and systems /

A handbook for the study of mental health : social contexts, theories, and systems /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2010.
Description:xix, 714 p. : ill.
Language:English
Subject:
Social psychiatry.
Mental health.
Social psychiatry.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8209246
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Other authors / contributors:Scheid, Teresa L.
Brown, Tony N.
ISBN:9780521491945 (hardback)
9780521728911 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Part I. Approaches to Mental Health and Illness: Conflicting Definitions and Emphases
  • 1. An Overview of Sociological Perspectives on the Definitions, Causes, and Responses to Mental Health and Illness
  • 2. The Measurement of Mental Disorder
  • 3. The Prevalence of Mental Illness
  • 4. Biological Theories of Psychiatric Disorders: A Sociological Approach
  • 5. Psychological Approaches to Mental Illness
  • 6. Sociological Approaches to Mental Illness
  • 7. Viewing Mental Health from the Complete State Paradigm
  • 8. Mental Health Systems in a Cross-Cultural Context
  • Part II. The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness
  • 9. Stressors, Stress, and Distress
  • 10. Social Support and Mental Health
  • 11. Work and Unemployment as Stressors
  • 12. Socioeconomic Stratification and Mental Disorder
  • 13. Gender and Mental Health: Do Men and Women Have Different Amounts or Types of Problems?
  • 14. Race and Mental Health: Patterns and Challenges
  • 15. African American Women and Mental Well-Being: The Triangulation of Race, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status
  • 16. Marital Status and Mental Health
  • 17. Stress and Distress in Childhood and Adolescence
  • 18. Psychopathology and Risky Sexual Behaviors among Black Adolescents
  • 19. Well-Being across the Life Course
  • 20. Mental Health and Terrorism
  • Part III. Mental Health Systems and Policy
  • 21. Understanding-the Context and Dynamic Social Processes of Mental Health Treatment
  • 22. Cultural Diversity and Mental Health Treatment
  • 23. The Mental Health Consumers/Survivors Movement in the United States
  • 24. Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System
  • 25. Mental Health Care in Organizations and Systems
  • 26. Integrating Service Delivery Systems for Persons with a Severe Mental Illness
  • 27. Consequences of Managed Care for Mental Health Providers
  • 28. Mental Health and the Changing Context of HIV
  • 29. Labeling and Stigma
  • References
  • Index

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