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  • 6 - Social networks and mental disorder (with special reference to the elderly)

  • Edited by David Hamburg, Norman Sartorius, World Health Organization, Geneva
  • Book:
    Health and Behaviour
    Published online:
    06 August 2010
    Print publication:
    17 August 1989, pp 150-161

  • Summary

    In the preservation of mental health, supportive social networks such as family, neighbours, and friends enjoy increasing importance. There are considerable quantitative differences in the structures of social networks of the population in general and those of persons suffering from mental disorders. Among the various benefits of membership in a social group, the social support and emotional ties it affords is of special importance for coping with stressful life events and the preservation of mental health. The few studies conducted far among elderly people have focused on the effects of the loss of close relatives. Especially in countries and areas with inadequate professional health services, lay referral systems play an important role in the counselling, care, and nursing of the sick. The influence social networks have on the decision to consult medical services suffices to illustrate their importance as normative reference groups.