Research Methodologies for Sociology of Mental Health and Illness – Experiences and Innovative Approaches

Monday, 7 July 2025: 09:00-10:45
Location: FSE020 (Faculty of Education Sciences (FSE))
RC49 Mental Health and Illness (host committee)

Language: English

Social science research on mental health and illness covers a variety of methodological approaches. These approaches range from quantitative over mixed methods to qualitative methodologies. This regular session will look into experiences and new proposals on how to conduct social science research on mental health and illness. Of note, it is not the results of research studies which are primarily of interest but rather the development and experiences of conducting the studies and what works best for particular research purposes.
Session Organizer:
Dirk RICHTER, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Oral Presentations
Mental Illness in Partially-Genotyped Siblings: An Application of the Phenotype Differences Model in Finnish Register Data
Henrik DOBEWALL, Finland; Maria VAALAVUO, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
Integrating Mental Health Services: A Multilevel Network Methodological Approach
Chiara BROCCATELLI, Univestitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
How to Study the Processes of Construction of Categories of Mental Health, Disorder, and Illness in Contemporary Society? Presentation of a Research Model.
Monika FRACKOWIAK-SOCHANSKA, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Better Than Therapy: Body Mapping As a Tool to Explore the Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Women Who Have Been Imprisoned in Canada
Alicia CLIFFORD, McMaster University, Canada
Integrating Autoethnography and Phenomenology in Bipolar Disorder Research
Kala DOBOSZ, Doctoral School in the Social Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Integrating Trauma-Informed Approaches into Sociological Research: Methodological and Ethical Innovations
Nora GOFFRE, France
Distributed Papers
Spiritual Disharmonies, Solastalgia and Food Insecurity in Indigenous Communities: Cross-Sectional Study and Adaptation of an Instrument [ Indigenous People and Solastalgia]
Felipe AGUDELO, Universidad de Manizales, Colombia; Lina CUADRADO PARDO, Colombia; Marcela GUAPACHA, Universidad Católica de Manizales, Colombia
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