Research Catalog

Title

Mental health, social mirror / edited by William R. Avison, Jane D. McLeod, Bernice A. Pescosolido.

Publication

New York : Springer, ©2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Avison, William R.
• McLeod, Jane D.
• Pescosolido, Bernice A.

Description

xxi, 471 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"While mental health figured prominently in the writings of classical sociologists, contemporary sociologists often view research on mental health as peripheral to the "real work" of the discipline. The essays in this volume reassert the centrality of research in mental health to sociology. First, they articulate the contributions that mental health research has made and can make to resolving key theoretical and empirical debates in important areas of sociological study. Second, they draw from mainstream theories and concepts to reconsider the potential of sociology to provide answers to critical questions regarding the social origins of and social responses to mental illness. As reflected in the title, the sociological study of mental health provides a reflection of the central processes that characterize our society."--Pub. desc.

Subject

• Mental health > Social aspects
• Mental illness > Social aspects
• Psychiatric social work
• Mental health
• Sociology
• Mental illness
• Social perception
• Mental Health
• Sociology
• Mental Disorders
• Social Perception
• Community Psychiatry
• Social Work, Psychiatric
• mental health
• sociology
• mental disorders
• Psykisk hälsa > sociala aspekter

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Through the looking glass : the fortunes of the sociology of mental health / Bernice A. Pescosolido, Jane D. McLeod, and William R. Avison -- Sociology, psychiatry, and the produciton of knowledge about mental illness and its treatment / Leonard I. Pearlin, William R. Avison, and Elena M. Fazio -- The changing role(s) of sociology (and psychology) in the National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program / Carmi Schooler -- Classical sociological theory, evolutionary psychology, and mental health / Allan V. Horwitz -- Contemporary social theory and the sociological study of mental health / Ann Branaman -- Class relations, economic inequality and mental health : why social class matters to the sociology of mental health / Carles Muntaner, Carme Borrell, and Haejoo Chung -- Work and the political economy of stress : recontextualizing the study of mental health/illness in sociology / Rudy Fenwick and Mark Tausig -- Race and mental health : past debates, new opportunities / Teresa Evans-Campbell, Karen D. Lincoln, and David T. Takeucki -- Life course perspectives on social factors and mental illness / Linda K. George -- Transition to adulthood, mental health, and inequality / Susan Gore, Robert H. Aseltine Jr., and Elizabeth A. Schilling -- Contributions of the sociology of mental health for understanding the social antecedents, social regulation, and social distribution of emotion / Robin W. Simon -- Social psychology and stress research / Jane D. McLeod and Kathryn J. Lively -- Stigma and the sociological enterprise / Bernice A. Pescosolido and Jack K. Martin -- Social integration : a conceptual overview and two case studies / Stephanie W. Hartwell and Paul R. Benson -- Sociological traditions in the study of mental health services utilization / Donna D. McAlpine and Carol A. Boyer -- An organizational analysis of mental health care / Teresa L. Scheid and Greg Greenberg -- Recognizing a role for structure and agency : integrating sociological perspectives into the study of recovery from severe mental illness / Philip T. Yanos, Edward L. Knight, and David Roe -- Mainstream sociology and sociological specialties : toward understanding the gap and its consequences / Sheldon Stryker.

ISBN

• 9780387363196
• 038736319X
• 9780387363202
• 0387363203
• 9780387756998
• 038775699X

LCCN

2006929456

OCLC

• ocm74522702
• 74522702
• SCSB-9836070

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library