Third ISA Forum of Sociology (July 10-14, 2016)

Youth Mental Health: Intersections and Directions

Abstract Submissions Closed

RC49 Mental Health and Illness (host committee)
RC34 Sociology of Youth

Language: English

The mental health of young people is emerging as a world-wide “problem” that must be addressed. The World Health Organization and the health/social policies and frameworks of many countries position modern young lives as failing to possess mental well-being. This session calls for papers relating to emerging theories, interpretations and methods that address youth mental health through any/all of the following:   

• qualitative and ethnographic youth-attuned, visual and/or participatory methods, 
• critical analysis of the youth mental health “industry”, 
• emerging data and interpretations acorss the continuum of youth mental health, 
• new understandings of the emerging modern influences (social inequality, digital media, technology, globalization, etc) on the mental health and well-being of youth, 
• and/or investigations into problems and promises for the mental health of Aboriginal and indigenous youth.