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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484734003321

Titolo

Sociology of Mental Health [[electronic resource] ] : Selected Topics from Forty Years 1970s-2010s / / edited by Robert J. Johnson, R. Jay Turner, Bruce G. Link

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-07797-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Sociology, , 2212-6368 ; ; 0

Disciplina

616.89

Soggetti

Sociology

Public health

Personality

Social psychology

Clinical psychology

Sociology, general

Public Health

Personality and Social Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Michael Hughes -- Introduction -- Social Relationships and Social Support -- 20 Years of the Sociology of Mental Health: The Continued Significance of Gender and Marital Status of Emotional Well-Being -- Mental Illness Stigma and the Sociology of Mental Health -- The Neighborhood and Mental Life: Past, Present and Future Sociological Directions in Studying Community Context and Mental Health -- Everything Old is New Again: Recovery and Serious Mental Illness -- Impact of Mental Health Research in Sociology: Nearly four Score of Scholarship (1975-2011).

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides an overview of mental health research conducted by sociologists. It discusses dominant themes such as stress, the community and mental life, family structure, social relations and



recovery. The unique contribution of sociology to the study of mental health has a long history stretching from the very foundations of modern sociology. Yet it was only twenty years ago that the Section on Sociology of Mental Health of the American Sociological Association was formed largely in response to a burgeoning rise in the sum and significance of research in the field. Today the section is a large and vibrant one with its own journal, Society and Mental Health. This book explores several of the themes that have occurred during that period, providing both perspectives of the past and prospects for the future. The volume is timely, following closely the 20th anniversary of the section’s formation. Its coverage of key issues and its advancement of the scholarly debates on these issues will prove valuable to students and senior scholars alike.