Where inner and outer worlds meet : psychosocial research in the tradition of George W. Brown / / edited by Tirril Harris

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.89
• Soggetto topico: Social psychiatry; Depression, Mental - Etiology; Life change events; Adjustment (Psychology)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BrownGeorge W <1930-> (George William) HarrisTirril O
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction to the work of George Brown; Part I Social psychiatry and social science; Part II Measurement of key psychosocial factors in research; Part III Model building; Part IV Psychosocial factors in conditions other than depression; Part V Postscript; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The importance of George Brown's sustained contribution to medical sociology through his longitudinal studies of psychiatric disorder and its relationship to social context is widely recognised. This collection of seventeen chapters exemplifies a particular way of working as a medical sociologist which focuses on the understanding of the meaning of social experiences as the key to an individual's health status. It combines the biographical richness of qualitative analysis and thus reach conclusions on the basis of statistical significance. The contributors mainly focus on conditions of dep
• Titolo autorizzato: Where inner and outer worlds meet
• ISBN: 1-280-11319-7; 9786610113194; 1-134-63186-3; 0-203-99204-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910449878303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II