Social Stress and Mental Health

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`The book offers an excellent anaylsis of social factors (migration, industrialization) in relation to mental health in Calcutta.... Chakraborty has brought out a valuable compilation of a detailed and painstaking epidemiological study, which can be considered as a useful addition to the literature on psychiatric epidemiology in India' - Indian Journal of Medical Research



`provides a wealth of information, very useful bench-mark data.... The work is massive, and very useful epidemiological data relating to a wide spectrum of mental health phenomena are presented. The literary style is attractive... the writing is lucid which at some points sparkles with deft touches of local colour.... researchers interested in stress would find this book very valuable' - Psychology and Developing Societies





`The significance of the kind of work that her book provides can by no means be underestimated. It makes us aware of our collective unhappiness, an existential truth to which sociologists cannot remain indifferent' - Contributions to Indian Sociology





`a refreshing combination of `emic' and `etic' assessment of psychological problems... this book contains a wealth of data for the health planner, epidemiologist and clinician. It deserves a place in the library of professionals involved in cross-cultural work' - British Medical Anthropology Association Newsletter





`It seems that human beings do have an enormous capacity to adapt to their surroundings... At the very least, the findings of this study cast doubt on simplistic connections between social stress and mental ill health' - International Social Work