Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health

Cover......Page 1
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research......Page 3
Handbook of the\rSociology of Mental Health......Page 4
ISBN-13: 9780387325163......Page 5
Contributors......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Contents......Page 18
PART I:\rIntroduction......Page 22
CHAPTER 1\rThe Sociology of Mental Health......Page 24
CHAPTER 2\rMental Illness\rin a Multicultural Context......Page 40
CHAPTERS\rMental Illness\ras Psychiatric Disorder......Page 58
CHAPTER 4\rThe Sociological Study\rof Mental Illness......Page 78
PART II\rObserving Mental Health\rin the Community......Page 100
CHAPTER 5\rIssues in Mental Health\rAssessment......Page 102
CHAPTER 6\rAnalyzing Associations between\rMental Health and\rSocial Circumstances......Page 126
PART III\rThe Social Distribution\rof Mental Illness......Page 146
CHAPTER 7\rOverview of Descriptive\rEpidemiology of Mental Disorders......Page 148
CHAPTER 8\rSocioeconomic Status and\rMental Health......Page 172
CHAPTER 9\rRace, Ethnicity, and Culture\rin the Sociology of Mental Health......Page 188
CHAPTER 10\rMental Disorder in Late Life......Page 204
CHAPTER 11\rSplitting the DiflFerence......Page 230
CHAPTER 12\rFamily Status and Mental Health......Page 246
CHAPTER 13\rWork and Mental Health......Page 276
PART IV\rSocial Antecedents\rof Mental Illness......Page 296
CHAPTER 14\rSocial Stress......Page 298
CHAPTER 15\rSocial Integration and Support......Page 322
CHAPTER 16\rSocial Stratification\rand Inequality......Page 342
CHAPTER 17\rSelf, Identity, Stress,\rand Mental Health......Page 366
CHAPTER 18\rThe Sense of Personal Control......Page 390
CHAPTER 19\rThe Stress Process Revisited......Page 416
CHAPTER 20\rSocial Transmission\rin Acute Somatoform Epidemics......Page 438
PARTV\rSocial Consequences\rof Mental Illness......Page 460
CHAPTER 21\rThe Social Dynamics\rof Responding\rto Mental Health Problems......Page 462
CHAPTER 22\rMental Health Services\rand Systems......Page 482
CHAPTER 23\rLabeling and Stigma......Page 502
CHAPTER 24\rThe Impact of Mental Illness\ron the Family......Page 516
PART VI\rInstitutional Contexts\rof Mental Illness......Page 538
CHAPTER 25\rMental Hospitals and\rDeinsitutionalization......Page 540
CHAPTER 26\rInstituting Madness......Page 560
PART VII\rSocial Continuities......Page 584
CHAPTER 27\rLife-Course Perspectives\ron Mental Health......Page 586
CHAPTER 28\rMental Illness as a Career......Page 606
Index......Page 626