You Have Been Asked to Be the Mental Health Consultant

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Essay

You have been asked to be the mental health consultant in the design of programs for seniors in a elder care facility. Outline the general principles that you will recommend based on the research presented in this chapter

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Definitions:

Public Intellectual

An intellectual who communicates ideas and analyses about society to the public.

Sociological Imagination

The ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and the larger society, emphasizing the connection between personal issues and broader social structures.

C. Wright Mills

An American sociologist known for his work on the structure of power in American society and for coining the term "sociological imagination."

Sociologists

Scholars who study society and social behavior by examining the groups, cultures, organizations, social institutions, and processes that develop when people interact and work together.