Sigrun Olafsdottir, Ph.D.

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2007 Sociology Indiana University, Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States 
Area:
Social Structure and Development, Mental Health, Public and Social Welfare
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Bernice A. Pescosolido grad student 2007 Indiana University
 (Medicalizing mental health: A comparative view of the public, private, and professional construction of mental illness.)
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Ólafsdóttir S, Beckfield J. (2020) Health Inequalities: What do we know and what do we need to know? Social Science & Medicine (1982). 113575
Pescosolido BA, Manago B, Olafsdottir S. (2019) The global use of diverse medical systems. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 112721
Olafsdottir S. (2019) Mental health: Current trends and challenges in the Nordic countries and beyond. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 47: 87-89
Manago B, Pescosolido BA, Olafsdottir S. (2018) Icelandic inclusion, German hesitation and American fear: A cross-cultural comparison of mental-health stigma and the media. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 1403494817750337
Bakhtiari E, Olafsdottir S, Beckfield J. (2018) Institutions, Incorporation, and Inequality: The Case of Minority Health Inequalities in Europe. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 22146518759069
Baćak V, Ólafsdóttir S. (2017) Gender and validity of self-rated health in nineteen European countries. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 1403494817717405
Olafsdottir S. (2017) Gendered health inequalities in mental well-being? The Nordic countries in a comparative perspective. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 1403494816686027
Pescosolido BA, Martin JK, Olafsdottir S, et al. (2015) The Theory of Industrial Society and Cultural Schemata: Does the "Cultural Myth of Stigma" Underlie the WHO Schizophrenia Paradox? Ajs; American Journal of Sociology. 121: 783-825
Olafsdottir S. (2015) Managing Madness in the Community: The Challenge of Contemporary Mental Health Care. By Kerry Michael Dobransky. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2014. Pp. xvi+171. $75.00 (cloth); $26.95 (paper or e-book). American Journal of Sociology. 121: 990-992
Pescosolido BA, Martin JK, Olafsdottir S, et al. (2015) The theory of industrial society and cultural schemata: Does the “cultural myth of stigma” underlie the WHO schizophrenia paradox? American Journal of Sociology. 121: 783-825
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