Michael Halpin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3692732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Halpin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Halpin |
| SIGNATURE | HALPIN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Brain and Causality
How do individual-level explanations become applied to social issues? Neurobiology - the study of the connections between behavior and the cells and structures of the brain - receives substantial public funding and influences social institutions, policy debates, and core aspects of human experience. With respect to mental health, neurobiology has ramifications for the way disorders are defined, diagnosed, and treated, along with how public fundin…
Science and Suffering
With more than 10,000 conditions connected to pathological genes, genetic science has the potential to impact illness experience substantively. Building on medical sociological and science studies literatures, my study analyzes how genetic discourses and technologies shape the lived-experience of Huntington Disease (HD). Analysis draws on in-depth interviews conducted in Canada with 24 individuals with the HD mutation and 14 caregivers (e.g., spo…
A 'Different Class'? Homophily and Heterophily in the Social Class Networks of Britpop
Social network analysis is increasingly recognised as a useful way to explore music scenes. In this article we examine the individuals who were the cultural workforce that comprised the 'Britpop' music scene of the 1990s. The focus of our analysis is homophily and heterophily to determine whether the clusters of friendships and working relationships of those who were 'best connected' in the scene were patterned by original social class position. …
How Do Mental Health Professionals Use the DSM in their Research, Clinical, and Institutional Work
The DSM and Professional Practice
How mental illnesses are defined has significant ramifications, given the substantial social and individual repercussions of these conditions. Using actor-network theory, I analyze how mental health professionals use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM) in their work. Drawing on observations of a neuropsychological laboratory and interviews with 27 professionals (i.e., psychiatrists, psychologists), I investigate how t…
Violence in the Massage Parlor Industry
We examined and contrasted 129 Canadian-born and immigrant women's experiences of violence and associated structural and interpersonal factors within indoor commercial sex venues. The majority experienced at least one form of structural, interpersonal, or both types of violence, with the attempted removal of a condom during sexual services being cited most frequently. Canadian-born women reported more frequent violent assaults in the survey data.…
Accounts of Suicidality in the Huntington Disease Community
Health professionals, researchers, and philosophers have debated extensively about suicide. Some believe suicides result from mental pathology, whereas others argue that individuals are capable of rational suicide. This debate is particularly poignant within illness communities, where individuals may be suffering from chronic and incurable conditions. This article engages with these issues by presenting the accounts of 20 individuals with Hunting…
Structure and agency
Sex work research continues to be characterised by debates around decriminalization. Central to these debates are claims about the agency of those involved in the sex trade. Some researchers argue that individuals involved in the sex trade are victims of structural and interpersonal constraint, whilst others depict them as workers exercising choice. Drawing on structure-agency theory, a review of legal and media accounts of the sex trade and qual…
Diagnosis, psychiatry and neurology
Women and prostate cancer support groups
Women and prostate cancer support groups
Diagnosis, psychiatry and neurology
A 'Different Class'? Homophily and Heterophily in the Social Class Networks of Britpop
Social network analysis is increasingly recognised as a useful way to explore music scenes. In this article we examine the individuals who were the cultural workforce that comprised the 'Britpop' music scene of the 1990s. The focus of our analysis is homophily and heterophily to determine whether the clusters of friendships and working relationships of those who were 'best connected' in the scene were patterned by original social class position. …
The DSM and Professional Practice
How mental illnesses are defined has significant ramifications, given the substantial social and individual repercussions of these conditions. Using actor-network theory, I analyze how mental health professionals use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM) in their work. Drawing on observations of a neuropsychological laboratory and interviews with 27 professionals (i.e., psychiatrists, psychologists), I investigate how t…
Science and Suffering
With more than 10,000 conditions connected to pathological genes, genetic science has the potential to impact illness experience substantively. Building on medical sociological and science studies literatures, my study analyzes how genetic discourses and technologies shape the lived-experience of Huntington Disease (HD). Analysis draws on in-depth interviews conducted in Canada with 24 individuals with the HD mutation and 14 caregivers (e.g., spo…
Women and prostate cancer support groups
Structure and agency
Sex work research continues to be characterised by debates around decriminalization. Central to these debates are claims about the agency of those involved in the sex trade. Some researchers argue that individuals involved in the sex trade are victims of structural and interpersonal constraint, whilst others depict them as workers exercising choice. Drawing on structure-agency theory, a review of legal and media accounts of the sex trade and qual…
Diagnosis, psychiatry and neurology
Violence in the Massage Parlor Industry
We examined and contrasted 129 Canadian-born and immigrant women's experiences of violence and associated structural and interpersonal factors within indoor commercial sex venues. The majority experienced at least one form of structural, interpersonal, or both types of violence, with the attempted removal of a condom during sexual services being cited most frequently. Canadian-born women reported more frequent violent assaults in the survey data.…
Accounts of Suicidality in the Huntington Disease Community
Health professionals, researchers, and philosophers have debated extensively about suicide. Some believe suicides result from mental pathology, whereas others argue that individuals are capable of rational suicide. This debate is particularly poignant within illness communities, where individuals may be suffering from chronic and incurable conditions. This article engages with these issues by presenting the accounts of 20 individuals with Hunting…
How Do Mental Health Professionals Use the DSM in their Research, Clinical, and Institutional Work
The DSM and Professional Practice
How mental illnesses are defined has significant ramifications, given the substantial social and individual repercussions of these conditions. Using actor-network theory, I analyze how mental health professionals use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM) in their work. Drawing on observations of a neuropsychological laboratory and interviews with 27 professionals (i.e., psychiatrists, psychologists), I investigate how t…
A 'Different Class'? Homophily and Heterophily in the Social Class Networks of Britpop
Social network analysis is increasingly recognised as a useful way to explore music scenes. In this article we examine the individuals who were the cultural workforce that comprised the 'Britpop' music scene of the 1990s. The focus of our analysis is homophily and heterophily to determine whether the clusters of friendships and working relationships of those who were 'best connected' in the scene were patterned by original social class position. …
Science and Suffering
With more than 10,000 conditions connected to pathological genes, genetic science has the potential to impact illness experience substantively. Building on medical sociological and science studies literatures, my study analyzes how genetic discourses and technologies shape the lived-experience of Huntington Disease (HD). Analysis draws on in-depth interviews conducted in Canada with 24 individuals with the HD mutation and 14 caregivers (e.g., spo…
The Brain and Causality
How do individual-level explanations become applied to social issues? Neurobiology - the study of the connections between behavior and the cells and structures of the brain - receives substantial public funding and influences social institutions, policy debates, and core aspects of human experience. With respect to mental health, neurobiology has ramifications for the way disorders are defined, diagnosed, and treated, along with how public fundin…
Psychology (9 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Disease (3 works) · Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)