Readings: Main Ideas Flashcards
the promise by Mills
the sociological imagination involves taking into account the social context that individuals experience
HSMH ch. 1
- sociological approaches view mental health & illness as aspects of social circumstances
- psychological vs. sociological research
- social integration, social stratification
- medicalization
social stratification & inequality by McLeod
- social stratification is the unequal distribution is the unequal distribution of valued resources across social groups, which is motivated through institutional & interpersonal processes
- stress process model: stress exposure & coping are socially patterned
the dictionary of disorder by Spiegel
the creators of the DSM had enormous power. it also had and continues to have reliability issues
dropping the disorder in PTSD by Smith & Whooley
PTSD has become increasingly medicalized. We should drop the D to avoid pathologizing individuals
50 years after the myth of mental illness by Szasz
there’s no such thing as mental illness; it’s the product of the medicalization of disturbing behaviours
HSHM Ch. 2
- clinical vs. true prevalence of mental disorder
- specificity: when criteria are only satisfied by disorders, such that if the criteria are applied correctly, there are no false positives
- sensitivity: when criteria are satisfied by all disorders in the domain of interest, such that if the criteria are applied correctly, there are no false negatives
HSMH Ch. 7
stress theory & structural strain theory
HSHM Ch. 9
stress, distress, and contextual stressors
Social conditions as fundamental causes of disease by Link & Phelan
fundamental cause theory
HSHM Ch. 12
SES, conflict theory, functionalist theory, rigid vs. open class system, causation vs. selection/drift, life course theory
those left behind by Dennis
- low education attainment & income are associated with greater depression & anxiety
- trauma mediated the relationship between SES & increased anxiety
life course principles by George
importance of considering the interplay between social factors & illness, typically seeking to trace temporal pathways
midlife by Carr
- didn’t find evidence of the U-shaped pattern in mental health
- midlife caregivers were more likely than non-caregivers to report depression, anxiety, and distress
stress & mental health of populations of colour by Williams
- the association between race & mental health is complex
- Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians all have lower rates of psychological disorders than Whites. But, when they do experience mental illness, their episodes are more severe
the mental health of immigrants and refugees by Ng & Zhang
- healthy immigrant effect
- immigrants from the US, Latin America, and the Caribbean have higher SRMH than Canadian-born respondents
- Immigrants from Asia and the Middle East had lower SRMH than Canadian-born respondents
gender & mental health by Rosenfiled & Mouzon
- women tend to suffer from more internalizing disorders & men tend to suffer from more externalizing disorders
- the gender gap for internalizing problems is smaller for African Americans than Whites
physical & mental Health Disparities at the Intersection of Sexual & minority Statuses by Stacey
- double disadvantage hypothesis
- people who are gender & sexual minorities report greater odds of depression
the problem with the phrase women and minorities by Bowleg
the phrase women & minorities fail to consider that these categories intersect
race/ethnicity, gender, and trajectories of depressive symptoms by Hargrove et al.
- women reported more depressive symptoms than same-race men
- Hispanics & Blacks showed more depressive symptoms than whites & asians
- Depressive symptoms increase in adolescence, decreased in young adulthood until midlife, then began increasing again for everyone except Hispanic women & Asian men
