A sociology of mental health and illness / David Pilgrim and Anne Rogers.

By:

Pilgrim, David, 1950-

Contributor(s):

Rogers, Anne

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Buckingham : Open University Press, 1999.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xv, 238p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780335203475 (pbk.) :
9780335203482 (hbk.) :
0335203485

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

362.2 PIL

LOC classification:

RC455 .P49 1999

Contents:

1.Perspectives on mental health and illness -- 2.Social class, inequalities, and mental health -- 3.Gender -- 4.Race and ethnicity -- 5.Age -- 6.The mental health professions -- 7.Questions of treatment -- 8.The organization of psychiatry -- 9.Psychiatry and legal control -- 10.Users of mental health services.

Summary: Providing a clear overview of the major aspects of the sociology of mental health and illness, this text draws on a range of social theories and methods to illustrate its points, and information is organised along dimensions of class, race, etc.

Holdings ( 3 )
Title notes ( 4 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection	362.2 PIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	125262
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection	362.2 PIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	125261
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	362.2 PIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	125259

Previous ed.: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-231) and index.

Providing a clear overview of the major aspects of the sociology of mental health and illness, this text draws on a range of social theories and methods to illustrate its points, and information is organised along dimensions of class, race, etc.