SOCI 3645 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mental Disorder, Social Status, Labeling Theory
1 Dec 2013
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Stress and outcomes, social support and coping, type-a behvaiour and heart disease, sense of coherence, mental illness sociological explanations, social cohesion and social inclusion vs. the. Subjective perception of one"s wellbeing or illness. Sense of control of one"s life/sense of coherence. Social support and the subjective perception of support. Although stress does not cause mental illness, exposure to stress does increase the risk of experiencing mental health problems probabilistic relationship. There are substantial differences in the types of stressors one is exposed to and in the ways stress is experienced by different groups in society; There are many different mental health outcomes associated with stress, e. g. emotional distress, substance abuse or dependence, traumatic disorders, behavioural disorders, and stress outcomes over time; There is a small minority of people whole mental health is seriously damaged by exposure to stress current research seeks to understand why most people adapt to stress while others do not.
