Sociology of Mental Disorder
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-66839-3 (ISBN)
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Many important updates are new to this edition:
-More first-person accounts of individuals who suffer from mental illness are included.
-The new DSM-5 is now thoroughly covered along with the controversy surrounding it.
-A new section on on social class and its components.
-Updated assessment of the relationship between mental health and gender.
- A revised and in-depth discussion of mental health and race.
-New material on public policy, mental disorder, and the Affordable Health Care Act.
-Updates of research and citations throughout.
William C. Cockerham received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, USA, and is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. He holds secondary appointments in medicine and public health and is recipient of the UAB Connors Prize in the History of Ideas and the Ireland Award for Distinguished Scholarship. He is past President of the Research Committee on Health Sociology of the International Sociological Association and formerly was on the Editorial Board of the American Sociological Review. Currently, he is on the Editorial Boards of Social Currents and Society and Mental Health. Dr. Cockerham has published numerous peer-reviewed papers in academic journals and is author or editor of seventeen books. His most recent books from Routledge include Medical Sociology, thirteenth edition (2015).
Chapter 1 The Problem of Mental Disorder
Chapter 2 Types of Mental Disorders
Chapter 3 Acting Mentally Disordered: The Example of Schizophrenia, Anxiety, and Depression
Chapter 4 Mental Disorder: Concepts of Causes and Cures
Chapter 5 Mental Disorder as Deviant Behavior
Chapter 6 Mental Disorder: Social Epidemiology
Chapter 7 Mental Disorder: Social Class
Chapter 8 Mental Disorder: Age, Gender, and Marital Status
Chapter 9 Mental Disorder: Urban versus Rural Living and Migration
Chapter 10 Mental Disorder:Race
Chapter 11 Help-Seeking Behavior and the Prepatient Experience
Chapter 12 The Mental Hospital Patient
Chapter 13 Residing in the Community
Chapter 14 Community Care and Public Policy
Chapter 15 Mental Disorder and the Law
Chapter 16 Mental Disorder and Public Policy in Selected Countries
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.05.2016 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 3 Line drawings, black and white; 42 Halftones, black and white; 8 Tables, black and white; 45 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 658 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
| Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-66839-7 / 1138668397 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-66839-3 / 9781138668393 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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