Search Results - "Pescosolido, B A"

Public conceptions of mental illness: labels, causes, dangerousness, and social distance by Link, B G, Phelan, J C, Bresnahan, M, Stueve, A, Pescosolido, B A

“…The authors used nationwide survey data to characterize current public conceptions related to recognition of mental illness and perceived causes,…”
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At the intersection of lay and professional social networks: how community ties shape perceptions of mental health treatment providers by Perry, B. L., Pullen, E., Pescosolido, B. A.

“…The therapeutic alliance is a critical determinant of individuals' persistence and outcomes in mental health treatment. Simultaneously, individuals' community…”
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The public's view of the competence, dangerousness, and need for legal coercion of persons with mental health problems by Pescosolido, B A, Monahan, J, Link, B G, Stueve, A, Kikuzawa, S

“…The authors examined Americans' opinions about financial and treatment competence of people with mental health problems, potential for harm to self or others,…”
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How people get into mental health services: Stories of choice, coercion and “muddling through” from “first-timers” by Pescosolido, Bernice A., Gardner, Carol Brooks, Lubell, Keri M.

“…Previous work examining how individuals enter mental health treatment comes either from the health services utilization tradition, which implicitly assumes…”
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Culture and Conflict: The Portrayal of Blacks in U.S. Children's Picture Books Through the Mid- and Late-Twentieth Century by Pescosolido, Bernice A., Grauerholz, Elizabeth, Milkie, Melissa A.

“…Using three sets of children's books, we document changes in racial images and examine the relationship between culture, gatekeeping, and conflict in society…”
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Durkheim, Suicide, and Religion: Toward a Network Theory of Suicide by Pescosolido, Bernice A., Georgianna, Sharon

“…This paper redirects debates over the religion-suicide link away from specific empirical quarrels to a consideration of Durkheim's general proposition…”
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Of Fear and Loathing: The Role of 'Disturbing Behavior,' Labels, and Causal Attributions in Shaping Public Attitudes toward People with Mental Illness by Martin, Jack K., Pescosolido, Bernice A., Tuch, Steven A.

“…Our paper couples previous research on attitudes toward people with mental illness and more general sociological research on attitudes toward "out-groups " to…”
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Public Conceptions of Mental Illness in 1950 and 1996: What Is Mental Illness and Is It to be Feared? by Phelan, Jo C., Link, Bruce G., Stueve, Ann, Pescosolido, Bernice A.

“…In the 1950s, the public defined mental illness in much narrower and more extreme terms than did psychiatry, and fearful and rejecting attitudes toward people…”
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Health, Illness, and Healing in an Uncertain Era: Challenges from and for Medical Sociology by Pescosolido, Bernice A., Kronenfeld, Jennie J.

“…The current situation in health care organizations, among providers and for people, dramatically challenges the "business as usual" roles of medicine,…”
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The Web of Group Affiliations Revisited: Social Life, Postmodernism, and Sociology by Pescosolido, Bernice A., Rubin, Beth A.

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Social Networks and Patterns of Use among the Poor with Mental Health Problems in Puerto Rico by Pescosolido, Bernice A., Wright, Eric R., Alegría, Margarita, Vera, Mildred

“…Objectives. This study uses the recently developed Network-Episode Model (NEM) to examine the nature and correlates of utilization among Puerto Ricans…”
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The Profession of Medicine and the Public: Examining Americans' Changing Confidence in Physician Authority from the Beginning of the 'Health Care Crisis' to the Era of Health Care Reform by Pescosolido, Bernice A., Tuch, Steven A., Martin, Jack K.

“…Recent work on the sociology of the professions, in general, and on the profession of medicine, in particular, target dramatic changes in the organization of…”
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Functional specificity in discussion networks: The influence of general and problem-specific networks on health outcomes by Perry, Brea L., Pescosolido, Bernice A.

“…Though commonly used in social science research to measure the influence of social networks, the link between discussing “important matters” within networks…”
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Constructing illness: How the public in eight Western nations respond to a clinical description of “schizophrenia” by Olafsdottir, Sigrun, Pescosolido, Bernice A.

“…According to classic and contemporary social theory, the community is crucial to how individuals respond to the onset of health problems. Cultural response to…”
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Medical Care in the Welfare State: A Cross-National Study of Public Evaluations by Pescosolido, Bernice A., Boyer, Carol A., Tsui, Wai Ying

“…In this study, we examine public evaluations of government performance in the medical care sector. We develop five theoretical models (Consensus,…”
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Social Causation or Social Construction of Suicide? An Investigation into the Social Organization of Official Rates by Pescosolido, Bernice A., Mendelsohn, Robert

“…In this paper, we integrate two vital but independent avenues of research on suicide. Quantitative studies in sociology, using official statistics to test…”
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The closing of Central State Hospital: long-term outcomes for persons with severe mental illness by McGrew, J H, Wright, E R, Pescosolido, B A, McDonel, E C

“…This study examined the clinical/community functioning of long-stay patients following closing of a large state psychiatric hospital. Two overlapping samples…”
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"Stakeholder" attitudes over time toward the closing of a state hospital by Pescosolido, B A, Wright, E R, Kikuzawa, S

“…For four groups--patients (N = 80), their families or lay caregivers (N = 120), hospital workers (N = 124), and the public (N = 108)--attitudes toward the…”
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Closing of a state hospital: an overview and framework for a case study by McGrew, J H, Wright, E R, Pescosolido, B A

“…This article introduces the trends in deinstitutionalization, the limitations of previous research, and the design and research questions of the Central State…”
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The changing hopes, worries, and community supports of individuals moving from a closing long-term care facility by Pescosolido, B A, Wright, E R, Lutfey, K

“…This study examines client's hopes, worries, and social networks before, one year, and two years following release from a long-term care facility. More clients…”
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