Social capital and mental health [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Kwame McKenzie and Trudy Harpham ; foreword by Richard Wilkinson

• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, PA, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.2
• Soggetto topico: Mental health - Social aspects; Mental illness - Social aspects; Social capital (Sociology)
• Altri autori: HarphamTrudy McKenzieKwame
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword / Richard Wilkinson -- Theory and methods -- Meanings and uses of social capital in the mental health field / Kwame McKenzie and Trudy Harpham -- Social risk, mental health and social capital / Kwame McKenzie -- Systematic review of the methods used in studies of social capital and mental health / Mary de Silva -- International studies -- Ethnographic investigation of social capital and mental health in Gospel Oak, London, UK / Rob Whitley -- Social capital and quality of life and mental health in Maastricht, the Netherlands : the neighbourhood matters / Marjan Drukker, Charles Kaplan and Jim van Os -- Social capital and mental health in the urban South, USA : a quantitative study / Carey Usher -- Social capital and mental health of women living in informal settlements in Durban, South Africa, and Lusaka, Zambia / Liz Thomas -- Social capital and youth mental health in Cali, Columbia / Trudy Harpham, Emma Grant and Simon Snoxell -- Conclusion -- The state of the art / Kwame Mckenzie. ; Foreword / Richard Wilkinson -- Theory and methods -- Meanings and uses of social capital in the mental health field / Kwame McKenzie and Trudy Harpham -- Social risk, mental health and social capital / Kwame McKenzie -- Systematic review of the methods used in studies of social capital and mental health / Mary de Silva -- International studies -- Ethnographic investigation of social capital and mental health in Gospel Oak, London, UK / Rob Whitley -- Social capital and quality of life and mental health in Maastricht, the Netherlands: the neighbourhood matters / Marjan Drukker, Charles Kaplan and Jim van Os -- Social capital and mental health in the urban South, USA: a quantitative study / Carey Usher -- Social capital and mental health of women living in informal settlements in Durban, South Africa, and Lusaka, Zambia / Elizabeth Thomas -- Social capital and youth mental health in Cali, Columbia / Trudy Harpham, Emma Grant and Simon Snoxell -- Conclusion -- The state of the art / Kwame Mckenzie.
• Sommario/riassunto: The book examines its effects on psychological functioning and on the risk factors for mental health that are associated with communities that have either high or low levels of social capital. Analyses the implications of research findings for future policy developments and makes clear recommendations for future practice and research.
• Titolo autorizzato: Social capital and mental health
• ISBN: 1-280-56653-1; 9786610566426; 1-84642-494-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784704603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II