The sociology of mental illness

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The sociology of mental illness

Bernard J. Gallagher III, with Corinne J. Rita

Prentice Hall, c1995

3rd ed

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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.

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