A handbook for the study of mental health: social contexts, theories, and systems

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Theoretical Perspectives on Mental Health and Illness

Introduction to Part I / Teresa L. Scheid and Eric R. Wright

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. Defining Mental Disorders: Sociological Investigations into the Classification of Mental Disorders / Owen Whooley

4. The Dual Continua Model: The Foundation of the Sociology of Mental Health and Mental Illness / Corey L.M. Keyes

5. What Outcomes Should the Study of Mental Health Try to Explain? / Jason Schnittker

6. Biological Approaches to Psychiatric Disorders: A Sociological Approach / Sharon Schwartz and Cheryl Corcoran

7. Sociological Approaches to Mental Illness / Peggy A. Thoits

8. Mental Health in Cross-Cultural Context / Harriet P. Lefley

pt. II The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness

Introduction to Part II / Teresa L. Scheid and Eric R. Wright

9. Studying Stress in the Twenty-First-Century: An Update of Stress Concepts and Research / Blair Wheaton and Shirin Montazer

10. Understanding the Connection between Social Support and Mental Health / Robyn Lewis Brown and Gabriele Ciciurkaite

11. Work and Unemployment as Stressors / Laura Limonic and Mary Clare Lennon

12. Socioeconomic Stratification and Mental Disorder / William W. Eaton and Carles Muntaner

13. Gender and Mental Health / Sarah Rosenfield, Kelly Kato, and Dena Smith

14. Race and Mental Health / David R. Williams, Manuela Costa, and Jacinta P. Leavell

15. African American Women and Mental Well-Being: The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status / Verna M. Keith and Diane R. Brown

16. Marital Status and Mental Health / Kristi Williams, Adrianne Frech, and Daniel L. Carlson

17. Well-Being across the Life Course / John Mirowsky and Catherine E. Ross

18. Mental Health and Terrorism / Robert J. Johnson, Stevan E. Hobfoll, and Isabelle Beulaygue

pt. III Mental Health Systems and Policy

Introduction to Part III / Teresa L. Scheid and Eric R. Wright

19. Labeling and Stigma / Bruce G. Link and Jo C. Phelan

20. The Context and Dynamic Social Processes Underlying Mental Health Treatment: Classic and Contemporary Approaches to Understanding Individuals' Responses to Illness in Light of the Affordable Care Act / Bernice A. Pescosolido and Carol A. Boyer

21. Community Mental Health Care Organizations / Kerry Dobransky

22. Integrating Service Delivery Systems for Persons with Severe Mental Illness / Gary S. Cuddeback and Joseph P. Morrissey

23. Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System / Virginia Aldigé Hiday and Bradley Ray

24. Cultural Diversity and Mental Health Treatment / Bongki Woo, Emily Walton, and David T. Takeuchi

25. Preventing Adolescent Suicidal Behavior: Integrating Sociology and Public Health / Alexander Crosby and Leigh Willis

26. The Mental Health Consumers/Survivors Movement in the US / Athena McLean

27. The HIV-Mental Health Challenge / James Walkup and Stephen Crystal

28. Mental Health Policy in the United States: Critical Reflection and Future Directions for Sociological Research / Dennis P. Watson, Erin L. Adams, and Joanna R. Jackson

Epilogue: The Three Solitudes of the Sociology of Mental Health / William Avison.