Rethinking the Sociology of Mental Health

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

Rethinking the Sociology of Mental Health is a collection of original papers introducing new ways of thinking sociologically about the terrain of mental health. There are more general papers about mental health and mental health policy and papers about specific types of mental illness and particular policy issues such as dangerousness.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-01-13
Mått:155 x 230 x 10 mm
Vikt:255 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs
Antal sidor:180
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9780631221852

Utforska kategorier

Sociala och etiska frågor inom Samhälle och politik
Psykisk hälsovård inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Joan Busfield is Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Rethinking the sociology of mental health: Joan Busfield. 2. Reason, emotion and embodiment: is 'mental' health a contradiction in terms?: Simon J. Williams.3. Disability, impairment or illness? The relevance of the social model of disability to the study of mental disorder: Julie Mulvany.4. 'It's a small world': mental health policy under welfare capitalism since 1945: Mick Carpenter.5. Psychiatric diagnosis under conditions of uncertainty: personality disorder, science and professional legitimacy: Nick Manning.6. A phenomenology of fear: Merleau-Ponty and agoraphobic life-worlds: Joyce Davidson.7. Identifying delusional discourse: issues of rationality, reality and power: Derrol Palmer.8. Civil commitment due to mental illness and dangerousness: the union of law and psychiatry within a treatment-control system: Bernadette Dallaire, Michael McCubbin, Paul Morin and David Cohen.9. Rethinking professional prerogative: managed mental healthcare providers: Teresa L. Scheid.