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Author : Allan V. Horwitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Law
ISBN : MINN:31951000552594J
Author : Harry Silverstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:246132375
Author : Harry Silverstein (Comp)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Social psychiatry
ISBN : LCCN:10002352
Author : Egon Bittner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015016175005
Author : Harry Silverstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:422352301
Author : Bruce M. Z. Cohen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781137460516
This book offers a comprehensive Marxist critique of the business of mental health, demonstrating how the prerogatives of neoliberal capitalism for productive, self-governing citizens have allowed the discourse on mental illness to expand beyond the psychiatric institution into many previously untouched areas of public and private life including the home, school and the workplace. Through historical and contemporary analysis of psy-professional knowledge-claims and practices, Bruce Cohen shows how the extension of psychiatric authority can only be fully comprehended through the systematic theorising of power relations within capitalist society. From schizophrenia and hysteria to Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder, from spinning chairs and lobotomies to shock treatment and antidepressants, from the incarceration of working class women in the nineteenth century to the torture of prisoners of the ‘war on terror’ in the twenty-first, Psychiatric Hegemony is an uncompromising account of mental health ideology in neoliberal society.
Author : Thomas J. Scheff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781351328234
In incorporating social process into a model of the dynamics of mental disorders, this text questions the individualistic model favoured in current psychiatric and psychoanalytic theory. While the conventional psychiatric viewpoint seeks the causes of mental illness, Scheff views "the symptoms of mental illness" as the violation of residual rules - social norms so taken for granted that they are not explicitly verbalized. The sociological theory developed by Scheff to account for such behaviour provides a framework for studies reported in subsequent chapters. Two key assumptions emerge: first, that most chronic mental illness is in part a social role; and second, that societal reaction may in part determine entry into that role. Throughout, the sociological model of mental illness is compared and contrasted with more conventional medical and psychological models in an attempt to delineate significant problems for further analysis and research. This third edition has been revised and expanded to encompass the controversy prompted by the first edition, and also to re-evaluate developments in the field. New to this edition are discussions of the use of psychoactive drugs in the treatment of mental illness, changing mental health laws, new social science and psychiatric studies, and the controversy surrounding the labelling theory of mental illness itself.
Author : Carol S. Aneshensel,Jo C. Phelan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780387325163
This book describes ways in which society shapes the mental health of its members, and shapes the lives of those identified as mentally ill. Experts in the sociology of mental health discuss in depth the interface between society and the inward experiences of its members.
Author : Teresa L. Scheid,Tony N. Brown
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 735 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521491945
The second edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health provides a comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health. Chapters by leading scholars and researchers present an overview of historical, social and institutional frameworks. Part I examines social factors that shape psychiatric diagnosis and the measurement of mental health and illness, theories that explain the definition and treatment of mental disorders and cultural variability. Part II investigates effects of social context, considering class, gender, race and age, and the critical role played by stress, marriage, work and social support. Part III focuses on the organization, delivery and evaluation of mental health services, including the criminalization of mental illness, the challenges posed by HIV, and the importance of stigma. This is a key research reference source that will be useful to both undergraduates and graduate students studying mental health and illness from any number of disciplines.
Author : Thomas J. Scheff
Publisher : Aldine Transaction
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0202303101
Author : James J. Chriss
Publisher : Polity
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 0745638589
What is social control? How do social controls become part of everyday life? What role does the criminal justice system play in exerting control? Is the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness a form of social control? Do we need more social controls to prevent terrorist atrocities? In this clear and engaging new book, James J. Chriss carefully guides readers through the debates about social control. The book provides a comprehensive guide to historical debates and more recent controversies, examining in detail the criminal justice system, medicine, everyday life, and national security. Assuming no specialist knowledge on the part of readers, he uses a rich range of contemporary examples to illustrate the ways in which social control is exerted and maintained. He discusses events such as the terrorist attacks in London and New York, racial profiling, the use of surveillance cameras, urban ghettos, and the diagnosis of conditions like ADHD. Social Control will be essential reading for students taking courses in deviance and social control, and will also appeal to those studying criminology, the sociology of law and medical sociology.
Author : Thomas Szasz
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1989-10-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0815602421
1 copy located in CIRCULATION.
Author : A.V. Horwitz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781489922304
Author : Mark Tausig,Janet Michello,Sree Subedi
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Mental illness
ISBN : UOM:39015057582754
Summarizing mental health research conducted by sociologists over the last 30 years, A Sociology of Mental Illness provides a consistent narrative that emphasizes how social statuses and social roles affect mental health. The mental health treatment system and the public's reaction to mental illness are also comprehensively discussed. Topics include social causes and consequences of mental illness; social statuses, such as gender, socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, age, and community; deviant behavior; and the challenges of community mental health. For those in the fields of sociology, psychology, nursing, and social workers.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on the Science of Changing Behavioral Health Social Norms
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309439121
Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. These disorders are among the most highly stigmatized health conditions in the United States, and they remain barriers to full participation in society in areas as basic as education, housing, and employment. Improving the lives of people with mental health and substance abuse disorders has been a priority in the United States for more than 50 years. The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 is considered a major turning point in America's efforts to improve behavioral healthcare. It ushered in an era of optimism and hope and laid the groundwork for the consumer movement and new models of recovery. The consumer movement gave voice to people with mental and substance use disorders and brought their perspectives and experience into national discussions about mental health. However over the same 50-year period, positive change in American public attitudes and beliefs about mental and substance use disorders has lagged behind these advances. Stigma is a complex social phenomenon based on a relationship between an attribute and a stereotype that assigns undesirable labels, qualities, and behaviors to a person with that attribute. Labeled individuals are then socially devalued, which leads to inequality and discrimination. This report contributes to national efforts to understand and change attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that can lead to stigma and discrimination. Changing stigma in a lasting way will require coordinated efforts, which are based on the best possible evidence, supported at the national level with multiyear funding, and planned and implemented by an effective coalition of representative stakeholders. Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The Evidence for Stigma Change explores stigma and discrimination faced by individuals with mental or substance use disorders and recommends effective strategies for reducing stigma and encouraging people to seek treatment and other supportive services. It offers a set of conclusions and recommendations about successful stigma change strategies and the research needed to inform and evaluate these efforts in the United States.
