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Tables of Contents for Sociology of Mental Disorder
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
The Problem of Mental Disorder
1
29
Defining Mental Disorder
3
2
Madness through the Ages
5
23
Summary
28
2
Types of Mental Disorders
30
28
Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence
31
1
Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders
31
10
Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition Not Elsewhere Classified
41
1
Substance-Related Disorders
41
2
Schizophrenia
43
4
Mood Disorders
47
2
Anxiety Disorders
49
2
Somatoform Disorders
51
1
Factitious Disorders
52
1
Dissociative Disorders
52
1
Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
53
1
Eating Disorders
54
1
Sleep Disorders
54
1
Impulse-Control Disorders Not Elsewhere Classified
55
1
Adjustment Disorders
55
1
Personality Disorders
55
2
Summary
57
1
Mental Disorder: Concepts of Causes and Cures
58
36
The Medical Model
59
8
The Psychoanalytic Model
67
8
The Social Learning Model
75
1
The Social Stress Model
76
12
The Antipsychiatric Model
88
4
Summary
92
2
Mental Disorder as Deviant Behavior
94
33
Macro-Level Approaches to Mentally Deviant Behavior
96
17
Micro-Level Approaches to Mentally Deviant Behavior
113
13
Summary
126
1
Mental Disorder: Social Epidemiology
127
10
Epidemiological Methods
127
5
The ``True'' Prevalence of Mental Disorder
132
4
Summary
136
1
Mental Disorder: Social Class
137
17
The Classic Studies
137
10
Explanations of the Relationship
147
6
Summary
153
1
Mental Disorder: Age, Gender, and Marital Status
154
22
Age
154
3
Gender
157
15
Marital Status
172
2
Summary
174
2
Mental Disorder: Urban versus Rural Living and Migration
176
9
Urban versus Rural Living
176
5
Migration
181
3
Summary
184
1
Mental Disorder: Race
185
19
Differences between Racial Minority Groups
188
6
Minority Status and Self-Esteem
194
3
Urban Black Folk Healers
197
2
The Curanderos
199
4
Summary
203
1
Help-Seeking Behavior and the Prepatient Experience
204
31
The Decision to Seek Treatment
204
10
Acting Mentally Disordered: The Example of Schizophrenia, Anxiety, and Depression
214
20
Summary
234
1
The Mental Hospital Patient
235
24
Voluntary Commitment
236
4
Involuntary Commitment
240
3
The Inpatient
243
14
Summary
257
2
Residing in the Community
259
14
Stigma
259
1
Family Responses to Current and Former Mental Patients
260
2
Community Responses to Current and Former Mental Patients
262
7
Adjustment to the Outside World
269
3
Summary
272
1
Community Care and Public Policy
273
20
Delivery of Mental Health Services
273
3
The Changing Focus of Mental Health Care Delivery
276
1
Community Mental Health Centers
277
12
Delivery of Mental Health Services in the United States: An Appraisal
289
2
Summary
291
2
Mental Disorder and the Law
293
27
The Concept of Dangerousness
294
13
False Commitment
307
3
Insanity as a Defense in a Criminal Trial
310
4
The Right to Treatment
314
3
Mental Health Law and Social Control
317
2
Summary
319
1
Mental Disorder and Public Policy in Selected Countries
320
16
Great Britain
320
2
Italy
322
3
Germany
325
2
China
327
2
Japan
329
3
Poland
332
2
Summary
334
2
References
336
29
Name Index
365
6
Subject Index
371