The SAGE Handbook of Mental Health and Illnessby D. Pilgrim, A. Rogers, and B. Pescosolido (Eds.)

摘要

With the upcoming release of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth Edition (DSM-V), the Sage Handbook of Mental Health and Illness is both a sociological exploration and a reminder that the nosology used in defining mental illness is highly influenced by context and culture. The mental health needs that patients present with often do not afford practitioners in busy clinics the luxury of looking beyond the schema typically used to organize mental illness. This book provides the opportunity to conduct such an exploration, furnishing the reader with a broad range of topics from race and gender to religion and stigma.