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Chloe Bird and Patricia Rieker argue that to improve men's and women's health, individuals, researchers, and policymakers must understand the social and biological sources of the perplexing gender differences in illness and longevity. Although individuals are increasingly aware of what they should do to improve health, competing demands for time, money, and attention discourage or prevent healthy behavior. Drawing on research and cross-national examples of family, work, community, and government policies, the authors develop a model of constrained choice that addresses how decisions and actions at each of these levels shape men's and women's health-related opportunities. Understanding the cumulative impact of their choices can inform individuals at each of these levels how to better integrate health implications into their everyday decisions and actions. Their platform for prevention calls for a radical reorientation of health science and policy to help individuals pursue health and to lower the barriers that may discourage that pursuit

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Conceptual Overview -- 1. Connections Between Racism and Mental Health / Castellano B. Turner and Bernard M. Kramer -- 2. Sexism and Women's Psychological Status / Patricia Perri Rieker and M. Kay Jankowski -- 3. The Decline of Public Mental Health in the United States / Elaine R. Brooks, Maria Zuñiga, and Nolan E. Penn -- 4. Racial, Ethnic, and Mental Illness Stereotypes: Cognitive Process and Behavioral Effects / John Townsend -- Part II: Individuals and Families -- 5. Racism and African American Adolescent Development / James P. Comer -- 6. Transracial Adoptions / Joyce A. Ladner and Ruby M. Gourdine -- 7. Teenage Motherhood / Constance Willard Williams -- Part III: Social Problems and the Community -- 8. Inner-City Community Mental Health: The Interplay of Abuse and Race in Chronic Mentally Ill Women / Elaine (Hilberman) Carmen -- 9. Lives in Jeopardy: Women and Homelessness / Ellen L. Bassuk -- 10. Turbulence on the College Campus and the Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis / Charles Vert Willie and Jayminn Sulir Sanford -- 11. Stress Analogs of Racism and Sexism: Terrorism, Torture, and Disaster / Chester M. Pierce -- Part IV: Teaching, Learning, Research, and Training Issues -- 12. Sex and Gender as Critical Variables in Psychotropic Drug Research / Jean A. Hamilton -- 13. Training for Culturally Appropriate Mental Health Services / Harriet P. Lefley and Evalina W. Bestman -- 14. Women's Mental Health: Research Agenda for the Twenty-first Century / Nancy Felipe Russo -- 15. A Brief History of the Center for Minority Group Mental Health Programs at the National Institute of Mental Health / Bertram S. Brown and K. Patrick Okura -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.