Handbook of the sociology of mental health / / edited by Carol S. Aneshensel and Jo C. Phelan [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 628 p. ) : ill.
• Disciplina: 362.2
• Soggetto topico: Social psychiatry; Mental illness - Social aspects; Community Psychiatry; Mental Disorders; Social psychiatry - Social aspects; Mental illness; Psychology; Psychiatry; Behavioral Sciences; Medicine; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Health Occupations; Occupations; Health & Biological Sciences; Psychiatry - General
• Altri autori: AneshenselCarol S PhelanJo C
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The sociology of mental health: surveying the field / Carol S. Aneshensel and Jo C. Phelan -- Mental illness in a multicultural context / Pauline Agbayani-Siewert, David T. Takeuchi, and Rosavinia W. Pagan -- Mental illness as psychiatric disorder / Martha Livingston Bruce -- The sociological study of mental illness: a critique and synthesis of four perspectives / Allan V. Horwitz -- Issues in mental health assessment / Galen E. Switzer, Mary Amanda Dew, and Evelyn J. Bromet -- Analyzing associations between mental health and social circumstances / John Mirowsky -- Overview of descriptive epidemiology of mental disorders / Ronald C. Kessler and Shanyang Zhao -- Social class / Yan Yu and David R. Williams -- Race, ethnicity and culture in the sociology of mental health / Tony N. Brown [and others] -- Mental disorder in late life: exploring the influence of stress and socioeconomic status / Neal Krause -- Splitting the difference: gender, the self, and mental health / Sarah Rosenfield. ; Family status and mental health / Debra Umberson and Kristi Williams -- Work and mental health / Mark Tausig. ; Social stress / Blair Wheaton -- Social integration and support / R. Jay Turner and J. Blake Turner -- Social stratification and inequality / Jane D. McLeod and James M. Nonnemaker -- Self, identity, stress, and mental health / Peggy A. Thoits -- The sense of personal control: social-structural causes and emotional consequences / Catherine E. Ross and Jaya Sastry -- The stress process revisited: reflections on concepts and their interrelationships / Leonard I. Pearlin -- Social transmission in acute somatoform epidemics / William W. Eaton -- The social dynamics of responding to mental health problems: past, present, and future challenges to understanding individuals' use of services / Bernice A. Pescosolido, Carol A. Boyer, and Keri M. Lubell -- Mental health services and systems / Michael F. Polgar and Joseph P. Morrissey -- Labeling and stigma / Bruce G. Link and Jo C. Phelan -- Impact of mental illness on the family / William R. Avison. ; Mental hospitals and deinstitutionalization / George W. Dowdall -- Instituting madness: the evolution of a federal agency / Stuart A. Kirk -- Life course perspectives on mental health / Linda K. George -- Mental illness as a career: sociological perspectives / Carol S. Aneshensel.
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook of the sociology of mental health
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910170979003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II