LabCompass

Peggy A. Thoits

Psychology · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Mental Health Treatment and AccessEmployment and Welfare StudiesHealth disparities and outcomesPsychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionEmotions and Moral Behavior

Publications

80

Citations

27,625

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

47

Publishing since 1979

Research summary
AI-generated

Peggy A. Thoits studies the social dimensions of mental illness, including how people seek and use mental health services, how being labeled with a mental illness affects well-being and recovery, and how social support and personal identities shape these experiences. Her work draws on sociology to understand why some people needing mental health care do not receive it and how peer support functions. She also examines how the identities people hold influence their motivations and behavior.

Sociology of mental illnessMental health treatment access and unmet needLabeling, recovery, and well-beingSocial support and peer supportIdentity theory

Publication activity has been steady but modest over the past decade, with a cluster of output around 2020-2022 and roughly one publication per year in recent years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.0/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 1 publication18192020: 3 publications3202021: 3 publications3212022: 3 publications322232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Society and Mental Health×4
  • Journal of Health and Social Behavior×2
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks×2
  • Sociological Quarterly×1
  • Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

Claim or correct this profile