Social Control of Mental Illness

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

In this book Allan Horwitz views mental illness within a sociological framework of deviance and social control and evaluates communal and individualistic styles of therapeutic control. His new prologue updates the work in the context of significant changes in the American response to mental illness, including the process of psychiatric diagnosis, conceptions of mental illness, and the dynamics of the mental health professions. Originally published by Academic Press in 1982. From the Prologue to the Percheron Press Edition . . . '[A new] system [of social control] based on less coercive and more voluntary therapy has crystallized as trends toward individualism have intensified. The social structures that characterize the remainder of this century, and the accompanying social responses to mental illness that arise, remain to be seen.'

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-12-31
Mått:239 x 153 x 13 mm
Vikt:328 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Foundations of Sociology
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Eliot Werner Publications Inc
ISBN:9780971242760

Utforska kategorier

Psykologi inom Psykologi och pedagogik
Sociologi och antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Allan V. Horwitz, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Recensioner i media

'In presenting us with pieces of a theory explaining how social control works, Horwitz has contributed a thoroughly sociological analysis of mental disorder in societies.' (Peter Conrad, Social Forces) '[A] significant contribution to the study of mental illness. . . . [C]lear and forceful.' (Michael S. Goldstein, Contemporary Sociology) 'I found The Social Control of Mental Illness to be extremely useful to me, both as a professional sourcebook . . . and in the classroom. I like it; students like it. I now have the opportunity of recommending it to colleagues.' (Carol A. B. Warren, Sociology and Social Research) 'An intelligently conceived, well-written, and well-organized book about people who label other people mentally ill.' (Choice: Current Reviews of Academic Libraries)

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The Meaning of Mental Illness Chapter 3. The Recognition of Mental Illness Chapter 4. The Labelers of Mental Illness Chapter 5. The Reaction to Mental Illness Chapter 6. The Nature of Therapeutic Social Control Chapter 7. Communal Styles of Therapeutic Social Control Chapter 8. Individualistic Styles of Therapeutic Social Control References Subject Index