Sociology of mental disorder / William C. Cockerham.

Previous ed.: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The Problem of Mental Disorder:- Defining mental disorder--Madness through the ages--Summary-- 2. Types of Mental Disorders:- Disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescenc--Delerium, dementia, and amnestic and other cognitive disorders--Mental disorders due to a general medical condition not elsewhere classified--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--Other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention--Summary-- 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--Summary-- 4. Mental Disorder as Deviant Behavior:-Macro-level approaches to mentally deviant behavior--Micro-level approaches to mentally deviant behavior--Summary-- 5. Mental Disorder: Social Epidemiology:- Epidemiological methods--The True prevalence of mental disorder--Summary-- 6: Mental Disorder: Social Class:- The classic studies--Explanations of the relationship--Summary-- 7. Mental Disorder: Age, Gender, and Marital Status:- Age--Gender--Marital status--Summary-- 8. Mental Disorder: Urban versus Rural Living and Migration:- Urban versus rural living--Migration-- Summary-- 9. Mental Disorder: Race:- Differences between racial minority groups--Minority status and self-esteem--Urban black folk healers--The curanderos--Summary-- 10. Help-Seeking Behavior and the Prepatient Experience:- The decision to seek treatment--Family disruption--Family alienation--Public disruption--Summary-- 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--Summary-- 12. The Mental Hospital Patient:- Voluntary commitment--involuntary commitment-- The inpatient--Summary-- 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--Summary-- 14. Community Care and Public Policy:- Delivery of mental health services--The changing focus of mental health care delivery--Community mental health centres--Managed care--Delivery of mental health services in the United States: An appraisal--Summary-- 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--Summary-- 16. Mental Disorder and Public Policy in Selected Countries:- Great Britain--Italy--Germany--China--Japan--Poland--Summary.