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Mental Health, Social Mirror

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  1. William R. Avison

    1. Department of Sociology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

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  2. Jane D. McLeod

    1. Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington

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  3. Bernice A. Pescosolido

    1. Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington

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  • Charts a new course for the sociology of mental health

  • Gives the most up-to-date synopsis of this field’s history and where it is going

  • These well-respected editors have brought together the experts in the field to write a sorely needed compendium for mental health sociology

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXI
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  2. Reflections Through The Sociological Looking Glass

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Through the Looking Glass: The Fortunes of the Sociology of Mental Health

      • Bernice A. Pescosolido, Jane D. McLeod, William R. Avison
      Pages 3-32

    3. Sociology, Psychiatry, and the Production of Knowledge about Mental Illness and Its Treatment

      • Leonard I. Pearlin, William R. Avison, Elena M. Fazio
      Pages 33-53

  3. Sociological Theory And Mental Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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  4. The Social Origins Of Mental Health And Mental Illness

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    4. Race and Mental Health: Past Debates, New Opportunities

      • Teresa Evans-Campbell, Karen D. Lincoln, David T. Takeuchi
      Pages 169-189

    6. Transition to Adulthood, Mental Health, and Inequality

      • Susan Gore, Robert H. Aseltine Jr, Elizabeth A. Schilling
      Pages 219-237

    8. Social Psychology and Stress Research

      • Jane D. McLeod, Kathryn J. Lively
      Pages 275-303

  5. Social Responses To Mental Illness

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 305-305
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    2. Stigma and the Sociological Enterprise

      • Bernice A. Pescosolido, Jack K. Martin
      Pages 307-328

    3. Social Integration: A Conceptual Overview and Two Case Studies

      • Stephanie W. Hartwell, Paul R. Benson
      Pages 329-353

    4. Sociological Traditions in the Study of Mental Health Services Utilization

      • Donna D. McAlpine, Carol A. Boyer
      Pages 355-378
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About this book

In 2004, the discipline of sociology celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the American Sociological Association. In 2005, the Section on Medical Sociology celebrated 50 years since the formation of the Committee on Medical Sociology within the ASA. And, in 2003, the Section on the Sociology of Mental Health celebrated ten years since its founding within the American branch of the discipline. This brief accounting marks the American-based or- nizational landmarks central to concerns about how social factors shape the mental health problems individuals face as well as the individual and system responses that follow. This history also lays a trail of how the focus on mental health and illness has narrowed from a general concern of the discipline to a more intense, substantively-focused community of scholars targeting a common set of specific theoretical and empirical questions. While mental health and illness figured prominently in the writings of classical sociologists, contem- rary sociologists often view research on mental health as peripheral to the “real work” of the discipline. The sentiment, real or perceived, is that the sociology of mental health, along with its sister, medical sociology, may be in danger of both losing its prominence in the discipline and losing its connection to the ma- stream core of sociological knowledge (Pescosolido & Kronenfeld, 1995).
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Keywords

  • Mental Illness
  • Nation
  • Sociology
  • emotion
  • empirical
  • psychiatry
  • social psychology
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

    William R. Avison

  • Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington

    Jane D. McLeod, Bernice A. Pescosolido

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