Cover Image

From social class to social stress : new developments in psychiatric epidemiology /

Show other versions (1)

This volume presents the latest developments in psychiatric epidemiology in the light of new investigations. Descriptive epidemiological studies on the relationship between social class and psychiatric disorder form the point of departure. Subsequently, various approaches in analytical epidemiologic...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service), Hamburger Psychiatrisch-Medizinische Gespräche
Other Authors: Angermeyer, Matthias C., 1941-
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [1987]
Subjects:
Psychiatric epidemiology.
Social classes.
Mental illness > Social aspects.
Stress (Psychology)
Social psychiatry.
Mental Disorders > etiology > Congresses.
Psychology, Social > Congresses.
Social Class > Congresses.
Épidémiologie psychiatrique.
Classes sociales.
Maladies mentales > Aspect social.
Stress.
Psychiatrie sociale.
Sozialpsychiatrie.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Sozialepidemiologie.
Psychische Störung.
Kongress.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This volume presents the latest developments in psychiatric epidemiology in the light of new investigations. Descriptive epidemiological studies on the relationship between social class and psychiatric disorder form the point of departure. Subsequently, various approaches in analytical epidemiological research are presented which attempt to determine to what extent social causation or social selection processes can be said to be responsible for the higher rates of psychiatric disorder in lower social strata. In the next section studies are reported which investigate the influence of social stress on the onset and course of various forms of psychiatric disorder. Social stress is conceived as stressful life events and as difficult life situations which are sustained over a long time (e.g. noisome occupational conditions, unemployment). Finally, the book presents the first attempts to link the concepts of social class and social stress.
Item Description:Based on presentations given at an international symposium held in Nov. 1985 at Hamburg, Germany as one of the series of "Hamburger Psychiatrisch-Medizinische Gespräche."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 314 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783642520570 (electronic bk.)
364252057X (electronic bk.)