Sigita Doblytė

While current mental health interventions are usually placed within the realm of healthcare and thus deemed to be within the system, mental health forms part of the lifeworld and is integrated into one’s culture, social relations, and personality. Sociology has much to offer to better understand mental health and distress. Here, I advocate a greater role for sociology when addressing these issues by suggesting that we have been witnessing...

One of the challenges both individuals and welfare states face today is the need for more balanced work-life trajectories. While welfare states try to encourage women’s labor participation as a protection strategy against poverty, households encounter difficulties in combining care responsibilities and employment. Childcare provision can be externalized to the market – although creating a financial burden on parents –...