Publisher's Synopsis
Winner of the BMA Medical Book of the Year 2006!
- How have sociologists theorized and researched mental health and illness?
- In what ways do sociologists approach this topic differently to those from other disciplines?
- How do we understand mental health problems in their social context?
A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness is a key teaching and learning resource for undergraduates and postgraduates studying a range of medical sociology and health-related courses, as well as trainee mental health workers in the fields of social work, nursing, clinical psychology and psychiatry.
