Purpose: Worldwide, there have been consistently high or even rising incidences of
diagnosed mental disorders and increasing mental healthcare service utilization over the …

In the past decade, there have been extensive efforts in the Western world to raise public
awareness about mental health problems, with the goal of reducing or preventing these …

As the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders has become increasingly medicalized
(Conrad & Slodden, 2013), consideration for the relational nature of trauma has been …

The eleventh edition of Sociology of Mental Disorder presents the major issues and
research findings on the influence of race, social class, gender, and age on the incidence …

With thorough coverage of inequality in health care access and practice, this leading
textbook has been widely acclaimed by teachers as the most accessible of any available. It …

Despite a well‐established social gradient for many mental disorders, there is evidence that
individuals near the middle of the social hierarchy suffer higher rates of depression and …

Purpose How “mental disorder” should be defined has been the focus of extensive
theoretical and philosophical debate, but how the concept is understood by laypeople has …

Objective: To document inter-and intra-cohort changes in adult ADHD and examine whether
changes vary by gender. Method: We analyze data from the 2007 and 2012 US National …

Aims: Clinical studies show that women are more likely to be diagnosed with depression
and anxiety, and to consume prescribed psychotropic drugs. Applying an intersectional …

Gaslighting is a conscious or unconscious form of psychological abuse that occurs when a
perpetrator distorts information to confuse a victim, triggering the victim to doubt their …