A handbook for the study of mental health : social contexts, theories, and systems / edited by Allan V. Horwitz, Teresa L. Scheid.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 585-658) and indexes.

Contents:

Part I. Approaches to Mental Health and Illness: Conflicting Definitions and Emphases
1. Mental health and illness David Mechanic
2. The measuring Mental Illness Jerome C. Wakefield
3. The prevalence of mental illness Ronald C. Kessler and Sanyang Zhao
4. Biological approaches to psychiatric disorders Sharon Schwartz
5. Psychological approaches to mental illness Christopher Peterson
6. Sociological approaches to mental illness Peggy A. Thoits
7. The labeling theory of mental disorder (I): the role of social contingencies in the application of psychiatric labels Jo C. Phelan and Bruce C. Link

Part II. The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness
8. Stress and mental health: a conceptual overview Leonard Pearlin
9. The Nature of Stressors Blair Wheaton
10. Social Support and Coping Jay Turner
11. Outcomes of the stress process Carol S. Aneshensel
12. Family structure and processes William R. Avison
13. Social networks and mental health Nan Lin and M. Kirsten Peek
14. Socioeconomic stratification and mental disorder William W. Eaton and Carles Muntaner
15. Work and unemployment as stressors Mary Clare Lennon
16. Race and mental health: emerging patterns and promising approaches David R. Williams and Michelle Harris-Reid
17. Social stressors in childhood and adolescence Elizabeth G. Menaghan and Frank L. Mott
18. Well-being across the life course John Mirowsky and Catherine E. Ross
19. Gender and mental health: do women have more psychopathology, men more, or both the same (and why) David A. Rochefort
20. The labeling theory of mental disorder (II): The consequences of labeling Bruce C. Link and Jo C. Phelan

Part III. Mental Health Systems and Policy
21. How do people come to use mental health services? Current knowledge and changing perspectives Bernice A. Pescosolido and Carol A. Boyer
22. Contemporary mental health systems and managed care Ronald W. Manderscheid, Marilyn J. Henderson, Michael J. Witkin and Joanne E. Atay
23. Institutional care and its consequences for the delivery of mental health services Mark Schlesinger and Bradford Gray
24. Integrating service delivery systems for persons with a severe mental illness Joseph P. Morrissey
25. Mental health policymaking in the intergovernmental system David A. Rochefort
26. Psychiatric rehabilitation services and outcomes: an overview Susan A. Pickett, Judith A. Cook and Lisa Razzano
27. An introduction to the mental health consumer movement Caroline L. Kaufmann
28. Mental illness and the criminal justice system Virginia Aldige Hiday
29. The HIV-mental health challenge Stephen Crystal and Lori R. Schlosser
30. Cultural diversity and mental health treatment David T. Takeuchi, Edwina Uehara and Gloria Maramba
31. Mental health systems in cross-cultural context Harriet P. Lefley