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Social Class Ethnicity And Mental Illness
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Book Synopsis Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness by : Sana Loue
Download or read book Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness written by Sana Loue and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-12-19 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States is experiencing a dramatic shift in demographics, with minorities comprising a rapidly growing proportion of the population. It is anticipated that this will likely lead to substantial changes in previously established values, needs, and priorities of the population, including health and mental health for individuals, families, and society at large. This volume focuses on determinants of minority mental health and wellness. This emphasis necessarily raises the question of just who is a minority and how is minority to be defined. The term has been defined in any number of ways. Wirth (1945, p. 347) offered one of the earliest definitions of minority: We may define a minority as a group of people who, because of their physical or cultural characteristics, are singled out from the others in the society in which they live for differential and unequal treatment, and who therefore regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination. The existence of a minority in a society implies the existence of a corresponding dominant group enjoying higher social status and greater privileges.
Book Synopsis Mental Health, Social Mirror by : William R. Avison
Download or read book Mental Health, Social Mirror written by William R. Avison and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-19 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociologists often view research on mental health as peripheral to the real work of the discipline. This volume contains essays that reassert the importance of mental health research in sociology. Experts in the field articulate the contributions that mental health research has made, and can make, in resolving key theoretical and empirical debates. The contributions provide answers to critical questions regarding the social origins of--and social responses to--mental illness.
Book Synopsis Social Class, Ethnicity and Mental Illness by : California. Department of Mental Hygiene. Bureau of Planning
Download or read book Social Class, Ethnicity and Mental Illness written by California. Department of Mental Hygiene. Bureau of Planning and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Handbook of Race and Development in Mental Health by : Edward Chang
Download or read book Handbook of Race and Development in Mental Health written by Edward Chang and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-10-02 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project is unique in the field for a number of reasons, both in structure and in content. Specifically, it will have leading experts on specific age groups (Childhood to Adolescence, Young Adulthood to Middle Age, and The Elderly) within the cultural groups of interest (European-Americans, African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Native Americans) contribute a chapter covering current research on both positive and negative functioning for each population. Each chapter will present basic demographic information, strengths that contribute to resilience, and three significant challenges each group faces to maintaining mental health. Each chapter will then include an integrative section, where ideas are advanced about how the strengths of each group can be harnessed to address the challenges that group faces. To conclude, each chapter will propose future directions for research which addresses integrative approaches to mental health for each group, and the implications that such approaches could have for future treatment. The main points of each section of each chapter will be visually summarized in a concluding table.
Book Synopsis Social Class and Mental Illness by : August de Belmont Hollingshead
Download or read book Social Class and Mental Illness written by August de Belmont Hollingshead and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1958 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the final report of one part of a research project carried out by a team of social scientists and psychiatrists which examined the interrelations between social stratification and mental illness in an urbanized community centered in New Haven, Connecticut. The research reported here focused on two questions: Is mental illness related to social class? Does a mentally ill patient's position in the status system affect how he is treated for his illness? To answer these questions the authors studied the social structure of the community, the psychiatric patients in treatment, the institutions where they are cared for, and the psychiatrists treating them. Successive chapters tell the story of how members of the community became patients, how they and their families responded to psychiatric intervention, and the effects of social class on patients and therapists. The book ends with some recommendations on what our society could do about improving socially determined shortcomings of psychiatric practice. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved).
Book Synopsis Ethnicity, Social Class and Mental Illness by : Judith G. Rabkin
Download or read book Ethnicity, Social Class and Mental Illness written by Judith G. Rabkin and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Social Inequalities and the Distribution of the Common Mental Disorders by : Tom Fryers
Download or read book Social Inequalities and the Distribution of the Common Mental Disorders written by Tom Fryers and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004-04-28 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social inequalities are established features of the distribution of physical disease in the UK and many other developed countries. In most physical diseases, a clear trend of poorer health is evident with each step down the hierarchy of social position. By contrast, the nature of the links between social position and mental illness in the general population has appeared less clear. This lack of clarity is problematic, as mental disorders are major causes of disability, especially in adults of working age. Social Inequalities and the Distribution of the Common Mental Disorders presents in-depth and up-to-date research, looking at the links between social position, ethnicity and mental health. Its findings will have implications for mental health professionals and policy makers.
Book Synopsis Ethnicity, Social Class and Mental Illness by : Judith G. Rabkin
Download or read book Ethnicity, Social Class and Mental Illness written by Judith G. Rabkin and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Minority Mental Health by : Enrico E. Jones
Download or read book Minority Mental Health written by Enrico E. Jones and published by Praeger Publishers. This book was released on 1982 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ethnicity and Mental Health, Research and Recommendations by : Joseph Giordano
Download or read book Ethnicity and Mental Health, Research and Recommendations written by Joseph Giordano and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Chicano Mental Health by : George Edward Codina
Download or read book Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Chicano Mental Health written by George Edward Codina and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis In and Out of Our Right Minds by : Diane Brown
Download or read book In and Out of Our Right Minds written by Diane Brown and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American women have commonly been portrayed as "pillars" of their communities—resilient mothers, sisters, wives, and grandmothers who remain steadfast in the face of all adversities. While these portrayals imply that African American women have few psychological problems, the scientific literature and demographic data present a different picture. They reveal that African American women are at increased risk for psychological distress because of factors that disproportionately affect them, including lower incomes, greater poverty and unemployment, unmarried motherhood, racism, and poor physical health. Yet at the same time, rates of mental illness are low. This invaluable book is the first comprehensive examination of the contradictions between the strengths and vulnerabilities of this population. Using the contexts of race, gender, and social class, In and Out of Our Right Minds challenges the traditional notions of mental health and mental illness as they apply to African American women.
Book Synopsis A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health by : Teresa L. Scheid
Download or read book A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health written by Teresa L. Scheid and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health provides a comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health. Chapters by leading scholars and researchers present an overview of historical, social and institutional frameworks. Part I examines social factors that shape psychiatric diagnosis and the measurement of mental health and illness, theories that explain the definition and treatment of mental disorders and cultural variability. Part II investigates effects of social context, considering class, gender, race and age, and the critical role played by stress, marriage, work and social support. Part III focuses on the organization, delivery and evaluation of mental health services, including the criminalization of mental illness, the challenges posed by HIV, and the importance of stigma. This is a key research reference source that will be useful to both undergraduates and graduate students studying mental health and illness from any number of disciplines.
Book Synopsis Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health by : Carol S. Aneshensel
Download or read book Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health written by Carol S. Aneshensel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of the Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health features theory-driven reviews of recent research with a comprehensive approach to the investigation of the ways in which society shapes the mental health of its members and the lives of those who have been diagnosed as having a mental illness The award-winning Handbook is distinctive in its focus on how the organization and functioning of society influences the occurrence of mental disorder and its consequences. A core issue that runs throughout the text concerns the differential distribution of mental illness across various social strata, defined by status characteristics such as gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and age. The contributions to this volume shed light on the social, cultural, and economic factors that explain why some social groups have an elevated risk of disorder. They also address the social repercussions of mental disorder for individuals, including stigmatization within the larger society, and for their families and social networks. The second edition of this seminal volume includes substantial updates to previous chapters, as well as seven new chapters on: -The Individual’s Experience of Mental Illness.--The Medicalization of Mental Illness.---Age, Aging, and Mental Health.- -Religion and Mental Health.- -Neighborhoods and Mental Health.- -Mental Health and the Law—and Public Beliefs about Mental Illness.
Book Synopsis Sociology of Mental Disorder by : William C. Cockerham
Download or read book Sociology of Mental Disorder written by William C. Cockerham and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete review of the field of mental health from a "sociological" (rather than psychiatric) perspective, this book incorporates the most current data and research findings available--including the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). Types of Mental Disorders. Causes and Cures. Mental Disorder as Deviant Behavior. Social Epidemiology. Social Class. Age, Gender, and Marital Status. Urban Versus Rural Living and Migration. Race. Help-Seeking Behavior and the Prepatient Experience. The Mental Hospital Patient. Residing in the Community. Community Care and Public Policy. Mental Disorder and the Law. Mental Disorder and Public Policy in Selected Countries. Current governmental efforts in mental health reform. Major issues (e.g., community care, deinstitutionalization, and the use of drugs in psychotherapy). For anyone who works with the mentally ill.
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Book Synopsis Communities in Action by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
Download or read book Mental Health written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
