Mental Health Inequalities in the US
From a Sociological Perspective
Location
Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : Gallery
Date & Time
October 9, 2015, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Description
Michael Hughes, Professor of Sociology, Virginia Tech
Marta Elliott, Professor of Sociology, University of Nevada – Reno
Dawne Mouzon, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University – New Brunswick
Three sociologists will give short lectures about mental health inequalities in the US, with an emphasis on race and socioeconomic status. Michael Hughes will deliver a lecture entitled, “Racial Identity and the Mental Health Paradox,” Marta Elliott will deliver a lecture entitled, “The Onset of Mental Illness Among Men: A Stress Process Perspective,” and Dawne Mouzon will deliver a lecture entitled, “The Black-White Paradox of Disorders: Weighing the Empirical Evidence.”
Sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Social Sciences Forum
