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1、MentalHealth,SocialMirrorMentalHealth,SocialMirrorEditedbyWilliamR.AvisonJaneD.McLeodBerniceA.PescosolidoWilliamR.AvisonDepartmentofSociologyTheUniversityofWesternOntarioLondon,ON,CanadaJaneD.McLeodDepartmentofSociologyIndianaUniversityBerniceA.Pesco
2、solidoDepartmentofSociologyIndianaUniversityLibraryofCongressControlNumber:2006929456ISBN-10:0-387-36319-Xe-ISBN-10:0-387-36320-3ISBN-13:978-0-387-36319-6e-ISBN-13:978-0-387-36320-2©CoverphotoofPicasso’s“GirlBeforeaMirror”courtesy2006EstateofPabloPic
3、asso/ArtistsRightsSociety(ARS),NewYork.©2007SpringerScience+BusinessMedia,LLCAllrightsreserved.Thisworkmaynotbetranslatedorcopiedinwholeorinpartwithoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublisher(SpringerScience+BusinessMedia,LLC,233SpringerStreet,NewYork,NY10
4、013,USA),exceptforbriefexcerptsinconnectionwithreviewsorscholarlyanalysis.Useinconnectionwithanyformofinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodologynowknownorhereafterdevelopedisforbidden.Theus
5、einthispublicationoftradenames,trademarks,servicemarks,andsimilarterms,eveniftheyarenotidentifedassuch,isnottobetakenasanexpressionofopinionastowhetherornottheyaresubjecttoproprietaryrights.987654321springer.comPrefaceIn2004,thedisciplineofsociologyc
6、elebratedthe100thanniversaryofthefoundingoftheAmericanSociologicalAssociation.In2005,theSectiononMedicalSociologycelebrated50yearssincetheformationoftheCommitteeonMedicalSociologywithintheASA.And,in2003,theSectionontheSociologyofMentalHealthcelebrate
7、dtenyearssinceitsfoundingwithintheAmericanbranchofthediscipline.ThisbriefaccountingmarkstheAmerican-basedorga-nizationallandmarkscentraltoconcernsabouthowsocialfactorsshapethementalhealthproblemsindividualsfaceaswellastheindividualandsystemresponsest
8、hatfollow.Thishistoryalsolaysatrailofhowthefocusonmentalhealthandillnesshasnarrowedfromageneralconcernofthedisciplinetoamoreintense,substantively-focusedcommunityofscholarstargetingacommonsetofspecifictheoreticalandempiricalquestions.Whilementalhealt