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Tables of Contents for A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Contributors
xi
Preface
xv
Acknowledgments
xvii
Part I Approaches to mental Health and Illness: Conflicting Definitions and Emphases
1
150
Allan V. Horwitz
Teresa L. Schied
Mental Health and Mental Illness: Definitions and Perspectives
12
17
David Mechanic
The Measurement of Mental Disorder
29
29
Jerome C. Wakefield
The Prevalence of Mental Illness
58
21
Ronald C. Kessler
Shanyang Zhao
Biological Approaches to Psychiatric Disorders
79
25
Sharon Schwartz
Psychological Approaches to Mental Illness
104
17
Christopher Peterson
Sociological Approaches to Mental Illness
121
18
Peggy A. Thoits
The Labeling Theory of Mental Disorder (I): The Role of Social Contingencies in the Application of Psychiatric Labels
139
12
Jo C. Phelan
Bruce G. Link
Part II The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness
151
226
Teresa L. Scheid
Allan V. Horwitz
Stress and Mental Health: A Conceptual Overview
161
15
Leonard I. Pearlin
The Nature of Stressors
176
22
Blair Wheaton
Social Support and Coping
198
13
R. Jay Turner
Outcomes of the Stress Process
211
17
Carol S. Aneshensel
Family Structure and Processes
228
13
William R. Avison
Social Networks and Mental Health
241
18
Nan Lin
M. Kristen Peek
Socioeconomic Stratification and Mental Disorder
259
25
William W. Eaton
Carles Muntaner
Work and Unemployment as Stressors
284
11
Mary Clare Lennon
Race and Mental Health: Emerging Patterns and Promising Approaches
295
20
David R. Williams
Michelle Harris-Reid
Social Stressors in Childhood and Adolescence
315
13
Elizabeth G. Menaghan
Well-Being across the Life Course
328
20
John Mirowsky
Catherine E. Ross
Gender and Mental Health: Do Women Have More Psychopathology Men More, or Both the Same (and Why)?
348
13
Sarah Rosenfield
The Labeling Theory of Mental Disorder (II): The Consequences of Labeling
361
16
Bruce G. Link
Jo C. Phelan
Part III Mental Health Systems and Policy
377
208
Teresa L. Scheid
Allan V. Horwitz
How Do People Come to Use Mental Health Services? Current Knowledge and Changing Perspectives
392
20
Bernice A. Pescosolido
Carol A. Boyer
Contemporary Mental Health Systems and Managed Care
412
15
Ronald W. Manderschied
Marilyn J. Henderson
Michael J. Witkin
Joanne E. Atay
Institutional Change and Its Consequences for the Delivery of Mental Health Services
427
22
Mark Schlesinger
Bradford Gray
Integrating Service Delivery Systems for Persons with a Severe Mental Illness
449
18
Joseph P. Morrissey
Mental Health Policy Making in the Intergovernmental System
467
17
David A. Rochefort
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services and Outcomes: An Overview
484
9
Susan A. Pickett
Judith A. Cook
Lisa Razzano
An Introduction to the Mental Health Consumer Movement
493
15
Caroline L. Kaufmann
Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System
508
18
Virginia Aldige Hiday
The HIV-Mental Health Challenge
526
24
Stephen Crystal
Lori R. Schlosser
Cultural Diversity and Mental Health Treatment
550
16
David T. Takeuchi
Edwina Uehara
Gloria Maramba
Mental Health Systems in Cross-Cultural Context
566
19
Harriet P. Lefley
References
585
74
Name Index
659
14
Subject Index
673