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Sociology of Mental Disorder - William C. Cockerham

Sociology of Mental Disorder

Buch | Hardcover
376 Seiten
2016 | 10th New edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-66839-3 (ISBN)
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The tenth edition of Sociology of Mental Disorder presents the major issues and research findings on the influence of race, social class, gender, and age on the incidence and prevalence of mental disorder. The text also examines the institutions that help those with mental disorders, mental health law, and public policy.





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
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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