Socioeconomic Conditions, Stress and Mental Disorders:
Toward a New Synthesis of Research and Public Policy
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Introduction Ann Maney and Juan Ramos
Part I. An Emerging Synthesis in the Social Stress Model of Mental Health and Mental Disorder
Chapter 1. Leonard I. Pearlin. Some Conceptual Perspectives on the Origins and Prevention of Social Stress
Chapter 2. R. Jay Turner. On the Stress Process as Mechanism in the Social Distribution of Mental Disease in Community Studies
New Directions. James A. House. The Social Context of Stress and Prevention Research
Commentary. Kevin D. Hennessy. Implications for Research Roles in Policy Analysis and Evaluation
Part II. Socioeconomic Disparities in Mental Health and Mental Disorder
Section A. Fundamental Cause vs. Mechanism-Based Models
Chapter 3. Bruce Link.and Jo Phelan. Social Inequality and Health: Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Disease
Chapter 4. Ralph Catalono. The Effect of Economic Contraction on the Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorder
New Directions. Sheldon H. Danziger. Rising Inequality and the Relationship between Economic Conditions and Stress
Commentary. V. Jeffery Evans. Applications to Economic Analysis and Population Research
Chapter 5. Daniel C. Ganster. The Stressful Workplace, Mental and Physical Health and the Problem of Prevention
Chapter 6. Rand D. Conger and Martha A Rueter. Economic Pressures in Rural Families: Couple Interactions That Reduce Risk for Emotional Distress and Marital Instability
Chapter 7. Richard H. Price, Daniel S. Friedland and Amiram D. Vinokur. The Job Seeker Role as Resource in Achieving Reemployment and Enhancing Mental Health New Directions. Patrick C. Heggy. Stressors and the Changing World of Work
Commentary. Virginia S. Cain. Implications for Future Priorities in Disease Prevention Research
Part III. Gender, Ethnic and Racial Disparities in Mental Health and Mental Disorder
Section A. Multiple Paths: Socioeconomic and Cultural
Chapter 8. James S. Jackson, David R. Williams and Myriam Torres. Discrimination , Health and Mental Health: The Social Stress Process
Chapter 9. William A. Vega. Acculturation, Stress and Latino Adolescent Drug Use
Chapter 10. Sarah Rosenfield. Gender Stratification, Stress and Mental Illness
New Directions. Hector Franklin Myers. Gender, Ethnicity, Discrimination, and Acculturation In the Context of Stress
Chapter 11. Elizabeth G. Menaghan. Family Relationships as Sources of Stress and Support: Making the Connection Between Work and Family Experiences
Chapter 12. William R. Avison. Family Structure and Mental Health
Chapter 13. Donald Wertlieb. Stress and Coping in Divorce: Children and Developmental Trajectories
New Directions. Howard J. Markman. Toward the Prevention of Marital and Family Distress
Commentary. Helen V. Howerton. Implications for Family and Child Service Policy
Part IV. Stressful Community Contexts: On Multidimensional and Salient Concepts
Chapter 14. Barry Wellman, Stephanie Potter and Milena Gulia. Where Does Social Support Come From? The Social Network Basis of Interpersonal Resources for Coping with Stress
Chapter 15. Carol S. Aneshensel and Clea A. Sucoff. Neighborhood Structure and Experience in Adolescent Mental Health
New Directions. Abraham Wandersman Interaction Context in Prevention Science and Community Mobilization
Commentary. Zili Sloboda. Implications from the "Social Stress Process Model" in Drug Abuse Prevention Research