A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health - Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems

The second edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health provides a comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health. Chapters by leading scholars and researchers present an overview of historical, social and institutional frameworks. Part I examines social factors that shape psychiatric diagnosis and the measurement of mental health and illness, theories that explain the definition and treatment of mental disorders and cultural variability. Part II investigates effects of social context, considering class, gender, race and age, and the critical role played by stress, marriage, work and social support. Part III focuses on the organization, delivery and evaluation of mental health services, including the criminalization of mental illness, the challenges posed by HIV, and the importance of stigma. This is a key research reference source that will be useful to both undergraduates and graduate students studying mental health and illness from any number of disciplines. Contents
Part I: Introduction to Part I: approaches to mental health and illness Teresa L. Scheid and Tony N. Brown
1. An overview of sociological perspectives on the definitions, causes, and responses to mental health and illness Allan V. Horwitz
2. The measurement of mental disorder Jerome C. Wakefield and Mark F. Schmitz
3. The prevalence of mental illness Ronald C. Kessler
4. Biological approaches to psychiatric disorders: a sociological approach Sharon Schwartz and Cheryl Corcoran
5. Psychological approaches to mental illness Christopher Peterson
6. Sociological approaches to mental illness Peggy A. Thoits
7. Viewing mental health from the complete state paradigm Corey L. M. Keyes and Barret Michalec
8. Mental health systems in cross-cultural context Harriet P. Lefley
Part II: Introduction to Part II: the social context of mental health and illness Tony N. Brown and Teresa L. Scheid
9. Stressors, stress, and distress Blair Wheaton and Shirin Montazer
10. Social support and mental health R. Jay Turner and Robyn Lewis
11. Work and unemployment as stressors Mary Clare Lennon and Laura Limonic
12. Socio-economic stratification and mental disorder William W. Eaton, Carles Muntaner, and Jaime C. Sapag
13. Gender and mental health: do males and females have different amounts or types of problems? Sara Rosenfield and Dena Smith
14. Race and mental health: patterns and challenges David Williams, Manuela Costa, and Jacinta Leavell
15. African American women and mental well-being: the triangulation of race, gender, and socioeconomic status Verna Keith and Diane Brown
16. Marital status and mental health Kristi Williams, Adrianne Frech, and Daniel L. Carlson
17. Stress and distress in childhood and adolescence Elizabeth G. Menaghan
18. Psychopathology and risky sexual behaviors among black adolescents Cleo Howard Caldwell and Ebony Sandusky
19. Well-being across the life course John Mirowsky and Catherine Ross
20. Mental health and terrorism Robert J. Johnson and Steven E. Hobfoll
Part III: Introduction to Part III: mental health systems and policy Teresa L. Scheid and Tony N. Brown
21. Understandng the context and dynamic processes of mental health treatment Bernice Pescosolido and Carol A. Boyer
22. Cultural diversity and mental health treatment Emily Walton, Kateri Berasi, David T. Takeuchi, and Edwina S. Uehara
23. The mental health consumers/survivors movement in the US Athena McLean
24. Mental illness and the criminal justice system Virginia Aldig Hiday and Padraic Burns
25. Mental health in organizations and systems Michael Polgar
26. Integrating service delivery systems for persons with severe mental illness Gary S. Cuddeback and Joseph Morrissey
27. Consequences of managed care for mental health care providers Teresa L. Scheid
28. Mental health and the changing context of HIV James Walkup and Stephen Crystal
29. Labelling and stigma Bruce G. Link and Jo C. Phelan.

Author/Editor Details
Edited by: Teresa L. Scheid, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Edited by: Tony N. Brown, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee