SOC318H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Local Exchange Trading System, In Solitude, Mental Disorder
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Soc 318: class 11: identity and mental health on- and off-line. Thoits (2013): self, identity, stress, and mental health. Self and identity are central to discussing mental health and illness in psychiatry. Positive self-concept, high self-esteem, and possession of valued social identities all theorized as warding away mi (357) Conversely, mi linked to inadequate identity development, identity loss, and so on. In sociology, however marked by study of stress identity has not been as central. To see the self more broadly & close connections to stigma: self concept: positive idea abt yourself shapes how you take things (devastating. + manageable) in part mediated & moderated by who you am. Focus has been on external realm, idneititey should be the core (cid:862)i(cid:374) its si(cid:373)plest fo(cid:396)(cid:373), st(cid:396)ess theo(cid:396)(cid:455) t(cid:396)a(cid:272)es (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal diso(cid:396)de(cid:396) to ituational demand , that is, to challenges and threats originating outside the person. Nonspecific impact of stress: stressful events can impact colds, angina, heart attacks, etc.
