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Preface	p. ix
The Problem of Mental Disorder	p. 1
Defining Mental Disorder	p. 3
Madness through the Ages	p. 4
Summary	p. 28
Types of Mental Disorders	p. 29
Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence	p. 30
Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders	p. 31
Mental Disorders Due to a Genera... MORE	p. 31
Substance-Related Disorders	p. 40
Schizophrenia	p. 42
Mood Disorders	p. 46
Anxiety Disorders	p. 49
Somatoform Disorders	p. 52
Factitious Disorders	p. 52
Dissociative Disorders	p. 52
Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders	p. 53
Eating Disorders	p. 54
Sleep Disorders	p. 55
Impulse-Control Disorders Not Elsewhere Classified	p. 55
Adjustment Disorders	p. 55
Personality Disorders	p. 55
Summary	p. 57
Mental Disorder: Concepts of Causes and Cures	p. 58
The Medical Model	p. 58
The Psychoanalytic Model	p. 67
The Social Learning Model (Behavior Modification)	p. 75
The Social Stress Model	p. 76
The Antipsychiatric Model	p. 89
Summary	p. 93
Mental Disorder as Deviant Behavior	p. 95
Macro-Level Approaches to Mentally Deviant Behavior	p. 97
Micro-Level Approaches to Mentally Deviant Behavior	p. 111
Summary	p. 126
Mental Disorder: Social Epidemiology	p. 127
Epidemiological Methods	p. 127
The "True" Prevalence of Mental Disorder	p. 133
Summary	p. 137
Mental Disorder: Social Class	p. 138
The Classic Studies	p. 138
Explanations of the Relationship	p. 148
Summary	p. 153
Mental Disorder: Age, Gender, and Marital Status	p. 156
Age	p. 156
Gender	p. 162
Marital Status	p. 177
Summary	p. 179
Mental Disorder: Urban versus Rural Living and Migration	p. 180
Urban versus Rural Living	p. 180
Migration	p. 186
Summary	p. 188
Mental Disorder: Race	p. 190
Differences between Racial Minority Groups	p. 194
Minority Status and Self-Esteem	p. 200
Urban Black Folk Healers	p. 203
The Curanderos	p. 206
Summary	p. 209
Help-Seeking Behavior and the Prepatient Experience	p. 211
The Decision to Seek Treatment	p. 211
Family Disruption	p. 216
Family Alienation	p. 219
Public Disruption	p. 220
Summary	p. 221
Acting Mentally Disordered: The Example of Schizophrenia, Anxiety, and Depression	p. 222
Alienation from "Place,"	p. 224
Recognizing Symptoms	p. 231
Madness as a Method of Coping	p. 234
The Definitive Outburst	p. 238
Rendering of Accounts	p. 241
The Paradox of Normalcy	p. 243
Removal from "Place,"	p. 243
Summary	p. 246
The Mental Hospital Patient	p. 247
Voluntary Commitment	p. 248
Involuntary Commitment	p. 252
The Inpatient	p. 255
Summary	p. 269
Residing in the Community	p. 271
Stigma	p. 271
Family Responses to Current and Former Mental Patients	p. 272
Community Responses to Current and Former Mental Patients	p. 274
Adjustment to the Outside World	p. 281
Summary	p. 285
Community Care and Public Policy	p. 286
Delivery of Mental Health Services	p. 286
The Changing Focus of Mental Health Care Delivery	p. 289
Community Mental Health Centers	p. 290
Delivery of Mental Health Services in the United States: An Appraisal	p. 302
Summary	p. 304
Mental Disorder and the Law	p. 306
The Concept of Dangerousness	p. 307
False Commitment	p. 320
Insanity as a Defense in a Criminal Trial	p. 323
The Right to Treatment	p. 327
Mental Health Law and Social Control	p. 330
Summary	p. 332
Mental Disorder and Public Policy in Selected Countries	p. 333
Great Britain	p. 333
Italy	p. 335
Germany	p. 338
China	p. 340
Japan	p. 342
Poland	p. 345
Summary	p. 347
References	p. 349
Name Index	p. 381
Subject Index	p. 387
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