The sociology of mental illness

Author(s)

• Gallagher, Bernard J.
• Rita, Corinne J.

Bibliographic Information

The sociology of mental illness

Bernard J. Gallagher III, with Corinne J. Rita

Prentice Hall, c1995

3rd ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-471) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This comprehensive volume classifies mental disorders according to DSM IV.

Table of Contents

• Part 1 An overview: mental illness and society
• concepts, definition and types of mental illness - a cross-cultural perspective
• environmental theories of mental illness - psychological and sociological models. Part 2 Common forms of mental illness: schizophrenic and mood disorders
• anxiety disorders
• personality disorders
• somatoform, disassociative and eating disorders
• sexual and gender identity disorders
• substance related disorders. Part 3 The social epidemiology of mental illness: epidemiology - an overview of patterns of mental illness
• social class and social mobility
• gender
• marital status and family relationships
• religion, ethnicity and race
• migration, place of residence and age. Part 4 The psychosocial experience of the mental patient: becoming a mental patient
• the prepatient process
• treatment - the inpatient experience
• after the mental hospital - the social role of the ex-mental patient.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA25679679
• ISBN:
  • 0130144088
• LCCN: 94035083
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 480 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC455
  • DC20 : 616.89/071
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mental illness -- Etiology -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Psychiatry