Objective People with mental illnesses are understood to be overrepresented in the US
criminal justice system, and accurate prevalence estimates in corrections settings are crucial …

Purpose There is a need to better understand the epidemiological relationship between
language development and psychiatric symptomatology. Language development can be …

In Homelessness Is a Housing Problem, Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern seek to
explain the substantial regional variation in rates of homelessness in cities across the United …

Importance The ultra high-risk (UHR) criteria were introduced to prospectively identify
patients at high risk of psychotic disorder. Although the short-term outcome of UHR patients …

Purpose This article describes epidemiologic evidence concerning risk of gun violence and
suicide linked to psychiatric disorders, in contrast to media-fueled public perceptions of the …

People with mental illness commonly describe the stigma and discrimination they face as
being worse than their main condition. Discrimination can pervade every part of their daily …

Offenders with mental illness have attracted substantial attention over the recent years,
given their prevalence and poor outcomes. A number of interventions have been developed …

The chapter addresses the stigma associated with mental illnesses. It begins by
summarizing the development of thinking about labeling and stigma over the past half …

Abstract Type 1 (T1D) and Type 2 diabetes (T2D) represent a demanding set of
biopsychosocial challenges for patients and their families, whether the age of disease onset …

With chapters written by leading scholars and researchers, the third edition of A Handbook
for the Study of Mental Health provides an updated, comprehensive review of the sociology …