Sociology of mental disorder / William C. Cockerham.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cockerham, William C.
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, [2011], ©2011.
Edition:Eighth edition.
Subjects:
Social psychiatry.
Mental illness > Social aspects.
Mentally ill > Social conditions.
Community Psychiatry.
Epidemiologic Factors.
Mental Disorders.
Sociology.
Physical Description:xii, 372 pages : map ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Ch. 1. The Problem of Mental Disorder
  • Defining Mental Disorder
  • Madness through the Ages
  • Ch. 2. Types of Mental Disorders
  • Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence
  • Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Schizophrenia
  • Mood Disorders
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Somatoform Disorders
  • Factitious Disorders
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
  • Eating Disorders
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Impulse-Control Disorders Not Elsewhere Classified
  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Personality Disorders
  • Ch. 3. Mental Disorder: Concepts of Causes and Cures
  • The Medical Model
  • The Psychoanalytic Model
  • The Social Learning Model (Behavior Modification)
  • The Social Stress Model
  • The Antipsychiatric Model
  • Ch. 4. Mental Disorder as Deviant Behavior
  • Macro-Level Approaches to Mentally Deviant Behavior
  • Micro-Level Approaches to Mentally Deviant Behavior
  • Ch. 5. Mental Disorder: Social Epidemiology
  • Epidemiological Methods
  • The "True" Prevalence of Mental Disorder
  • Ch. 6. Mental Disorder: Social Class
  • The Classic Studies
  • Explanations of the Relationship
  • Ch. 7. Mental Disorder: Age, Gender, and Marital Status
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Marital Status
  • Ch. 8. Mental Disorder: Urban versus Rural Living and Migration
  • Urban versus Rural Living
  • Migration
  • Ch. 9. Mental Disorder: Race
  • Differences between Racial Minority Groups
  • Minority Status and Self-Esteem
  • Urban Black Folk Healers
  • The Curanderos
  • Ch. 10. Help-Seeking Behavior and the Prepatient Experience
  • The Decision to Seek Treatment
  • Family Disruption
  • Family Alienation
  • Public Disruption
  • Ch. 11. Acting Mentally Disordered: The Example of Schizophrenia, Anxiety, and Depression
  • Alienation from "Place"
  • Recognizing Symptoms
  • Madness as a Method of Coping
  • The Definitive Outburst
  • Rendering of Accounts
  • The Paradox of Normalcy
  • Removal from "Place"
  • Ch. 12. The Mental Hospital Patient
  • Voluntary Commitment
  • Involuntary Commitment
  • The Inpatient
  • Ch. 13. Residing in the Community
  • Stigma
  • Family Responses to Current and Former Mental Patients
  • Community Responses to Current and Former Mental Patients
  • Adjustment to the Outside World
  • Ch. 14. Community Care and Public Policy
  • Delivery of Mental Health Services
  • The Changing Focus of Mental Health Care Delivery
  • Community Mental Health Centers
  • Managed Care
  • Delivery of Mental Health Services in the United States: An Appraisal
  • Ch. 15. Mental Disorder and the Law
  • The Concept of Dangerousness
  • False Commitment
  • Insanity as a Defense in a Criminal Trial
  • The Right to Treatment
  • Mental Health Law and Social Control
  • Ch. 16. Mental Disorder and Public Policy in Selected Countries
  • Great Britain
  • Italy
  • Germany
  • China
  • Japan.