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

Foreword / David Mechanic -- Pt. I. Approaches to Mental Health and Illness: Conflicting Definitions and Emphases / 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 or Mental Disorder / Jerome C. Wakefield and Mark F. Schmitz -- 3. The Prevalence of Mental Illness / Ronald C. Kessler -- 4. Biological Theories of Psychiatric Disorders: A Sociological Approach / Sharon Schwartz and Cheryl Corcoran -- 5. Psychological Approaches to Mental Illness / Christopher Peterson -- 6. Sociological Approaches to Mental Illness / Peggv A. Thoits -- 7. Viewing Mental Health from the Complete State Paradigm / Corey L. M. Keyes and Barret Michalec -- 8. Mental Health Systems in a Cross-Cultural Context / Harriet P. Lefiey -- Pt. 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 Brown -- 11. Work and Unemployment as Stressors / Mary Clare Lennon and Laura Limonic -- 12. Socioeconomic Stratification and Mental Disorder / William W. Eaton, Carles Muntaner and Jaime C. Sapag -- 13. Gender and Mental Health: Do Men and Women Have Different Amounts or Types of Problems? / Sarah Rosenfield and Dena Smith -- 14. Race and Mental Health: Patterns and Challenges / David R. Williams, Manuela Costa and Jacinta P. Leavell -- 15. African American Women and Mental Well-Being: The Triangulation 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. Stress and Distress in Childhood and Adolescence / Elizabeth G. Menaghan -- 18. Psychopathology and Risky Sexual Behaviors among Black Adolescents / Cleopatra Howard Caldwell and Ebony Sandusky -- 19. Well-Being across the Life Course / John Mirowsky and Catherine E. Ross -- 20. Mental Health and Terrorism / Robert J. Johnson and Stevan E. Hobfoll -- Pt. III. Mental Health Systems and Policy / Teresa L. Scheid and Tony N. Brown -- 21. Understanding the Context and Dynamic Social Processes of Mental Health Treatment / Bernice A. 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 United States / Athena McLean -- 24. Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System / Virginia Aldige Hiday and Padraic J. Burns -- 25. Mental Health Care in Organizations and Systems / Michael Polgar -- 26. Integrating Service Delivery Systems for Persons with a Severe Mental Illness / Gary S. Cuddeback and Joseph P. Morrissey -- 27. Consequences of Managed Care for Mental Health Providers / Teresa L. Scheid -- 28. Mental Health and the Changing Context of HIV / James Walkup and Stephen Crystal -- 29. Labeling and Stigma / Bruce G. Link and Jo C. Phelan.