Research Committees
RC49 Sociology of Mental Health and Illness
Established in 1959; reinstated in 1994
Objectives
RC49 provides a structure for scholarly disquisition and research collaboration at the international level; does not endorse a particular definition of mental health and illness, rather, the term is meant to be inclusive, ranging from serious psychiatric disorders to subjective feelings of well-being.
Board 2018 - 2022
| President | Silvia KRUMM, Ulm University, Germany, silvia.krumm@uni-ulm.de | |
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| Vice-President | Jeremy DIXON, University of Bath, United Kingdom | |
| Secretary | Kjeld HOGSBRO, Aalborg University, Denmark, kjeldh@socsci.aau.dk | |
| Treasurer | Kevin STONE, University of the West of England, United Kingdom, kevin2.stone@uwe.ac.uk | |
| Board Members |
Takashi ASAKURA, Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan |
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