A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health

Herausgeber: Scheid, Teresa L.; Wright, Eric R.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The third edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health provides an updated and comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health, with chapters written by leading scholars and researchers. This volume is a key resource for students, researchers, advocates, and policymakers seeking to understand mental health and mental health delivery systems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 3 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 826
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 1680g
• ISBN-13: 9781316500965
• ISBN-10: 1316500969
• Artikelnr.: 48502538

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword David Mechanic; Part I. Theoretical Perspectives on Mental Health
and Illness Teresa L. Scheid and Eric R. Wright: 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. Defining mental
disorders: sociological investigations into the classification of mental
disorders Owen Whooley; 4. The dual continua model: the foundation of the
sociology of mental health and mental illness Corey L. M. Keyes; 5. What
outcomes should the study of mental health try to explain? Jason
Schnittker; 6. Biological approaches to psychiatric disorders: a
sociological approach Sharon Schwartz and Cheryl Corcoran; 7. Sociological
approaches to mental illness Peggy Thoits; 8. Mental health in
cross-cultural context Harriet P. Lefley; Part II. The Social Context of
Mental Health and Illness Teresa L. Scheid and Eric R. Wright: 9. Studying
stress in the twenty-first century: stress concepts and research Blair
Wheaton and Shirin Montazer; 10. Understanding the connection between
social support and mental health Robyn Lewis Brown and Gabriele
Ciciurkaite; 11. Work and unemployment as stressors Laura Limonic and Mary
Clare Lennon; 12. Socioeconomic stratification and mental disorder William
W. Eaton and Carles Muntaner; 13. Gender and mental health Sara Rosenfield,
Dena Smith and Kelly Kato; 14. Race and mental health David R. Williams,
Manuela Costa (Wiedemeier) and Jacinta P. Leavell; 15. African American
women and mental well-being: the triangulation of race, gender, and
socioeconomic status Verna M. Keith and Diane R. Brown; 16. Marital status
and mental health Kristi Williams, Adrianne Frech and Daniel L. Carlson;
17. Well-being across the life course John Mirowsky and Catherine Ross; 18.
Mental health and terrorism Robert J. Johnson, Stevan E. Hobfoll and
Isabelle Beulaygue; Part III. Mental Health Systems and Policy Teresa L.
Scheid and Eric R. Wright: 19. Labeling and stigma Bruce G. Link and Jo
Phelan; 20. The context and dynamic social processes underlying mental
health treatment: classic and contemporary approaches to understanding
individuals' responses to illness in light of the Affordable Care Act
Bernice A. Pescosolido and Carol A. Boyer; 21. Community mental health care
organizations Kerry Dobransky; 22. Integrating service delivery systems for
persons with severe mental illness Gary S. Cuddeback and Joseph P.
Morrissey; 23. Mental illness and the criminal justice system Virginia
Aldigé Hiday and Bradley Ray; 24. Cultural diversity and mental health
treatment Bonki Woo, Emily Walton and David T. Takeuchi; 25. Preventing
adolescent suicidal behavior: integrating sociology and public health
Alexander Crosby and Leigh A. Willis; 26. The mental health
consumers/survivors movement in the US Athena McLean; 27. The HIV-mental
health challenge James Walkup and Stephen Crystal; 28. Mental health policy
in the United States: critical reflection and future directions for
sociological research Dennis P. Watson, Erin L. Adams and Joanna R.
Jackson; Epilogue: the three solitudes of the sociology of mental health
William Avison.