Table of contents (29 chapters)

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ILLNESS

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      Pages 21-21

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      Pages 23-40

      Listening to Voices: Patient Experience and the Meanings of Mental Illness

      • David A. Karp,
      • Lara B. Birk
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      Pages 41-59

      Mental Illness as Psychiatric Disorder

      • Martha L. Bruce,
      • Patrick J. Raue
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      Pages 61-73

      The Medicalization of Mental Disorder

      • Peter Conrad,
      • Caitlin Slodden
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      Pages 75-93

      Public Beliefs About Mental Illness

      • Jason Schnittker
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      Pages 95-112

      The Sociological Study of Mental Illness: A Critique and Synthesis of Four Perspectives

      • Allan V. Horwitz
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3. METHODOLOGY

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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      Pages 115-141

      Issues in Mental Health Assessment

      • Galen E. Switzer,
      • Mary Amanda Dew,
      • Evelyn J. Bromet
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      Pages 143-165

      Analyzing Associations Between Mental Health and Social Circumstances

      • John Mirowsky
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4. THE SOCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ILLNESS

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      Pages 167-167

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      Pages 169-182

      Overview of Descriptive Epidemiology of Mental Disorders

      • Ronald C. Kessler
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      Pages 183-203

      Age, Aging, and Mental Health

      • Kenneth F. Ferraro,
      • Lindsay R. Wilkinson
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      Pages 205-227

      Social Stratification, Social Closure, and Social Class as Determinants of Mental Health Disparities

      • Carles Muntaner,
      • Edwin Ng,
      • Christophe Vanroelen,
      • Sharon Christ,
      • William W. Eaton
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      Pages 229-253

      Social Stratification and Inequality

      • Jane D. McLeod
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      Pages 255-276

      Race, Nativity, Ethnicity, and Cultural Influences in the Sociology of Mental Health

      • Tony N. Brown,
      • Katharine M. Donato,
      • Mary Therese Laske,
      • Ebony M. Duncan
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      Pages 277-296

      Gender and Mental Health

      • Sarah Rosenfield,
      • Dawne Mouzon
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5. SOCIAL ANTECEDENTS

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 297-297

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      Pages 299-323

      Social Stress in the Twenty-First Century

      • Blair Wheaton,
      • Marisa Young,
      • Shirin Montazer,
      • Katie Stuart-Lahman
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      Pages 325-340

      Current Issues and Future Directions in Research into the Stress Process

      • Leonard I. Pearlin,
      • Alex Bierman
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      Pages 341-356

      Social Relations, Social Integration, and Social Support

      • J. Blake Turner,
      • R. Jay Turner
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      Pages 357-377

      Self, Identity, Stress, and Mental Health

      • Peggy A. Thoits
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      Pages 379-402

      The Sense of Personal Control: Social Structural Causes and Emotional Consequences

      • Catherine E. Ross,
      • John Mirowsky
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6. INSTITUTIONAL ANTECEDENTS

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      Pages 403-403

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      Pages 405-431

      Family Status and Mental Health: Recent Advances and Future Directions

      • Debra Umberson,
      • Mieke Beth Thomeer,
      • Kristi Williams
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