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Sociology of Mental Disorder

by: Cockerham, William C.

Sociology of Mental Disorder

by: Cockerham, William C.

ISBN 13:
9780130999269
ISBN 10:
0130999261
Edition: 5th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 11/01/1999
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Summary

For undergraduate courses in Mental Illness and Mental Health in departments of Sociology or Social Work. Offering a complete review of the field of mental health from a sociological (rather than psychiatric) perspective, this text incorporates the most current data and research findings available including the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).

Preface

The Problem of Mental Disorder

(29)

Defining Mental Disorder

(2)

Madness through the Ages

(23)

Summary

(2)

Types of Mental Disorders

(28)

Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence

(1)

Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders

(10)

Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition Not Elsewhere Classified

(1)

Substance-Related Disorders

(2)

Schizophrenia

(4)

Mood Disorders

(2)

Anxiety Disorders

(2)

Somatoform Disorders

(1)

Factitious Disorders

(1)

Dissociative Disorders

(1)

Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders

(1)

Eating Disorders

(1)

Sleep Disorders

(1)

Impulse-Control Disorders Not Elsewhere Classified

(1)

Adjustment Disorders

(1)

Personality Disorders

(2)

Summary

(1)

Mental Disorder: Concepts of Causes and Cures

(36)

The Medical Model

(8)

The Psychoanalytic Model

(8)

The Social Learning Model

(1)

The Social Stress Model

(12)

The Antipsychiatric Model

(4)

Summary

(2)

Mental Disorder as Deviant Behavior

(33)

Macro-Level Approaches to Mentally Deviant Behavior

(17)

Micro-Level Approaches to Mentally Deviant Behavior

113

(13)

Summary

126

(1)

Mental Disorder: Social Epidemiology

127

(10)

Epidemiological Methods

127

(5)

The ``True'' Prevalence of Mental Disorder

132

(4)

Summary

136

(1)

Mental Disorder: Social Class

137

(17)

The Classic Studies

137

(10)

Explanations of the Relationship

147

(6)

Summary

153

(1)

Mental Disorder: Age, Gender, and Marital Status

154

(22)

Age

154

(3)

Gender

157

(15)

Marital Status

172

(2)

Summary

174

(2)

Mental Disorder: Urban versus Rural Living and Migration

176

(9)

Urban versus Rural Living

176

(5)

Migration

181

(3)

Summary

184

(1)

Mental Disorder: Race

185

(19)

Differences between Racial Minority Groups

188

(6)

Minority Status and Self-Esteem

194

(3)

Urban Black Folk Healers

197

(2)

The Curanderos

199

(4)

Summary

203

(1)

Help-Seeking Behavior and the Prepatient Experience

204

(31)

The Decision to Seek Treatment

204

(10)

Acting Mentally Disordered: The Example of Schizophrenia, Anxiety, and Depression

214

(20)

Summary

234

(1)

The Mental Hospital Patient

235

(24)

Voluntary Commitment

236

(4)

Involuntary Commitment

240

(3)

The Inpatient

243

(14)

Summary

257

(2)

Residing in the Community

259

(14)

Stigma

259

(1)

Family Responses to Current and Former Mental Patients

260

(2)

Community Responses to Current and Former Mental Patients

262

(7)

Adjustment to the Outside World

269

(3)

Summary

272

(1)

Community Care and Public Policy

273

(20)

Delivery of Mental Health Services

273

(3)

The Changing Focus of Mental Health Care Delivery

276

(1)

Community Mental Health Centers

277

(12)

Delivery of Mental Health Services in the United States: An Appraisal

289

(2)

Summary

291

(2)

Mental Disorder and the Law

293

(27)

The Concept of Dangerousness

294

(13)

False Commitment

307

(3)

Insanity as a Defense in a Criminal Trial

310

(4)

The Right to Treatment

314

(3)

Mental Health Law and Social Control

317

(2)

Summary

319

(1)

Mental Disorder and Public Policy in Selected Countries

320

(16)

Great Britain

320

(2)

Italy

322

(3)

Germany

325

(2)

China

327

(2)

Japan

329

(3)

Poland

332

(2)

Summary

334

(2)

References

336

(29)

Name Index

365

(6)

Subject Index

371

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