Ninety percent of the determinants of our health derive from our lifetime social and physical
environment—not from the provision of health care. The author describes behaviors, such as …

Mental health and many common mental disorders are shaped to a great extent by the
social, economic, and physical enviro nments in which people live.• Social inequalities are …

The author reviews advances in the sociological perspective on mental health over the past
four years. He examines neseanch on such topics as community acceptance of the mentally …

Originally published in 1985, at a time when the previous 2 decades had witnessed dramatic
changes in the US mental health system. These included the decline of the state mental …

Health care expenditures in the United States will reach $544 billion and will account for an
unprecedented 11.4% of our nation's gross national product in 1989. Public sector spending …

This chapter introduces the major themes of this handbook. These themes address how
society shapes the thoughts, feelings, and actions of its members in ways that are …

Text: book; for upper-division and graduate students in social work, psychology, psychiatry,
psychiatric nursing, and public health.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights …

Outlines a new approach to both the promotion of mental health and the diagnosis and
management of psychological disorders. Citing abundant evidence linking psychosocial …

In public health, recognition of the importance of the social determinants of health has led to
significant shifts in practice and research. Psychiatry is making great progress in developing …

Recent developments in medicine, in mental health, and in the social sciences have called
attention to the fact that the concepts" disease" and" health" can no longer be adequately …