Social Capital and Mental Health

Foreword, Richard Wilkinson. Part 1 Theory and methods. 1. Meanings and uses of social capital in the mental health field, Kwame McKenzie and Trudy Harpham. 2. Social risk, mental health and social capital, Kwame McKenzie. 3. Systematic review of the methods used in studies of social capital and mental health, Mary de Silva. Part 2 International studies. 4. Ethnographic investigation of social capital and mental health in Gospel Oak, London, UK, Rob Whitley. 5. Social capital and quality of life and mental health in Maastricht, the Netherlands: the neighbourhood matters, Marjan Drukker, Charles Kaplan and Jim van Os. 6. Social capital and mental health in the urban south, USA: a quantitative study, Carey Usher. 7. Social capital and mental health of women living in informal settlements in Durban, South Africa, and Lusaka, Zambia, Elizabeth Thomas. 8. Social capital and youth mental health in Cali, Columbia, Trudy Harpham, Emma Grant and Simon Snoxell. Part 3 Conclusion. 9. The state of the art, Kwame McKenzie. 10. Bibliography: references for chapters. Index.

`This book will be of interest and relevance, not only to students and academics working in areas associated with health and social policy, care and welfare, but also to practitioners and those involved in different levels of policy development. This will include readers working in interprofessional health and social care settings, or from a range of disciplinary backgrounds. The text is a valuable contribution to our understanding of continuity and changes in contemporary society and their potential impact upon the mental health of its members.'