Overview
- This wide-ranging handbook brings together experts in the sociology of mental health to present in-depth discussions on the interface between society and the inward experiences of its members
- The chapters analyze social group differences in mental disorder and corresponding differences in exposure to the social conditions that cause these disorders
- Differences along gender, racial and ethnic, social class, and cohort dimensions are also explored
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research (HSSR)
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Observing Mental Health in the Community
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The Social Distribution of Mental Illness
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Social Antecedents of Mental Illness
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health
Editors: Carol S. Aneshensel, Jo C. Phelan
Series Title: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36223-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-36223-6Published: 22 November 2006
Series ISSN: 1389-6903
Series E-ISSN: 2542-839X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 628
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology, general, Public Health, Personality and Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry