The Sociology of Mental Illness
A Comprehensive Reader
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 13 August 2009
- ISBN 9780195381719
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages880 pages
- Size 235x155x40 mm
- Weight 1222 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous black and white line drawings 0
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Long description:
The Sociology of Mental Illness is a comprehensive collection of readings designed to help students develop a nuanced and sophisticated appreciation of the most important, heated—and fascinating—controversies in the field.
Drawing primarily from sociological sources, the text features both classical and contemporary selections that cover the full range of sociological topics, perspectives, and debates, including the social construction of mental illness, the social origins of mental illness, and contemporary mental health treatment. This rich, varied assortment gives students a "roadmap" to the evolution and development of sociological research over time and insight into key controversies in the field.
Selections include such classical readings as Scheff's original statement of labeling theory, contemporary reports on the prevalence of mental illness in countries around the world, and recent analyses of the changing treatment system. The readings are organized progressively in order to help students recognize the dynamic character of mental health research and the important role that controversies play in advancements in the field; this organization also gives students the tools they need to
formulate their own views and opinions on crucial matters.
A versatile, engaging text, The Sociology of Mental Illness is ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses in the sociology of mental illness.
I wholeheartedly agree with the authors that a new book for courses in the sociology of mental health and illness is needed. The books on today's market are overly psychological, too brief, or too narrow to provide a full discourse of the sociological research and theory on this subject. I like McLeod and Wright's de-emphasis on disorder classification, reversing a major sociological failure of several competing books. I also like their emphasis on social
construction approaches. This book can serve either as a stand-alone text or a companion book for courses in the sociology of mental health and illness. I would be highly likely to adopt this book as a primary text in an undergraduate course.
Table of Contents:
I. DEFINITIONS OF MENTAL ILLNESS
What Is Mental Illness? Psychiatric Perspectives
Medical Model of Madness: The Emergence of Mental Illness, Peter Conrad and Joseph W. Schneider
Mental Illness as Psychiatric Disorder, Martha Livingston Bruce
What Is Mental Illness? Sociological Perspectives
The Discovery of Hyperkinesis, Peter Conrad
The Three Faces of PMS: The Professional, Gendered, and Scientific Structuring of a Psychiatric Disorder, Anne E. Figert
Culture and the Definition of Mental Illness
What Is a Psychiatric Diagnosis?, Arthur Kleinman
Did Antidepressants Depress Japan?, Kathryn Schultz
II. PREVALENCE AND PATTERNS OF MENTAL ILLNESS
The Measurement of Mental Health and Mental Illness
Issues in Mental Health Assessment, Galen E. Switzer, Mary Amanda Dew, and Evelyn J. Bromet
The Categorical Versus Dimensional Controversy in the Sociology of Mental Illness, Ronald C. Kessler
Measurement for a Human Science, John Mirowsky and Catherine E. Ross
Current Prevalence Estimates in the United States
Prevalence and Treatment of Mental Disorders, 1990-2003, Ronald C. Kessler, Olga Demler, Richard G. Frank, Mark Olfson, Harold Alan Pincus, Ellen E. Walters, Phillip Wang, Kenneth B. Wells, and Alan M. Zaslavsky
The Epidemic in Mental Illness: Clinical Fact or Survey Artifact?, Allan V.Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield
Current Cross-National Prevalence Estimates
Lifetime Prevalence and Age-of-Onset Distributions of Mental Disorders in the World Health Organizations' World Mental Health Survey Initiative, Ronald C. Kessler et al. for the WHO World Mental Health Survey Consortium
III. THE SOCIAL ORIGINS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ILLNESS
Basic Concepts
Research in Mental Health: Social Etiology versus Social Consequences, Carol S. Aneshensel
The Sociological Study of Stress, Leonard I. Pearlin
Multiple Identities and Psychological Well-Being: A Reformulation and Test of the Social Isolation Hypothesis, Peggy A. Thoits
The Epidemiology of Social Stress, R. Jay Turner, Blair Wheaton, and Donald A. Lloyd
Roles, Social Statuses, and Mental Health
Sex Differences in Distress: Real or Artifact?, John Mirowsky and Catherine E. Ross
Revisiting the Relationships among Gender, Marital Status, and Mental Health, Robin W. Simon
Clarifying the Relationship between Parenthood and Depression, Ranae J. Evenson and Robin W. Simon
Low Socioeconomic Status and Mental Disorders: A Longitudinal Study of Selection and Causation during Young Adulthood, Richard A. Miech, Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt, Bradley R. Entner Wright, and Phil A. Silva
Recession and Well-Being, Mark Tausig and Rudy Fenwick
Racial Differences in Physical and Mental Health: Socioeconomic Status, Stress, and Discrimination, David R. Williams, Yan Yu, James S. Jackson, and Norman B. Anderson
Childhood Parental Loss and Adult Depression, Jane D. McLeod
Status, Role, and Resource Explanations for Age Patterns in Psychological Distress, Scott Schieman, Karen van Gundy, and John Taylor
The Struggle to Gauge a War's Psychological Cost, Benedict Carey
IV. STIGMA AND THE SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF THE EXPERIENCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS
Labeling
The Role of the Mentally Ill and the Dynamics of Mental Disorder: A Research Framework, Thomas Scheff
Societal Reaction as an Explanation of Mental Illness: An Evaluation, Walter R. Gove
A Modified Labeling Theory Approach to Mental Disorders: An Empirical Assessment, Bruce G. Link, Francis T. Cullen, Elmer Struening, Patrick E. Shrout, and Bruce P. Dohrenwend
Stigma
Americans' Views of Mental Illness and Health at Century's End: Continuity and Change, Bernice A. Pescosolido, Jack K. Martin, Bruce G. Link, Saeko Kikuzawa, Giovanni Burgos, Ralph Swindle, and Jo Phelan
Help-Seeking and Utilization
The Moral Career of the Mental Patient, Erving Goffman
The Social Dynamics of Responding to Mental Health Problems, Bernice A. Pescosolido, Carol A. Boyer, and Keri M. Lubell
Illness and Identity, David Karp
V. THE HISTORY AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF MENTAL HEALTH POLICY AND TREATMENT
Sociohistorical Perspectives on Mental Health Treatment and Policy
The New World of the Asylum, David J. Rothman
Cycles of Reform in the Care of the Chronically Mentally Ill, Joseph P. Morrissey and Howard H. Goldman
Psychiatric Hospital Capacity, Homelessness, and Crime Arrest Rates, Fred E. Markowitz
Sociological Perspectives on Contemporary Mental Health Care and Treatment
Psychiatric Emergency Room Decision Making, Social Control and the 'Undeserving Sick,' Alisa Lincoln
Labeling Mental Illness: The Effects of Received Services and Perceived Stigma on Life Satisfaction, Sarah Rosenfield
Communities of Care: A Theoretical Perspective on Case Management Models in Mental Health, Bernice A. Pescosolido, Eric R. Wright, and William Patrick Sullivan
Reluctant Managers and Ideologies of Care, Teresa L. Sheid
VI. MENTAL ILLNESS, THE FAMILY, AND SOCIETY
Mental Illness and the Family
Caregiver Stress and Dimensions of Family Burden, Harriet Lefley
Navigating the Storm of Mental Illness: Phases in the Family's Journey, Susan A. Muhlbauer
Mental Illness and Social Problems
Police as Streetcorner Psychiatrist: Managing the Mentally Ill, Linda A. Teplin and Nancy S. Pruett
Mental Disorder and Violence: An Examination of Stressful Life Events and Social Support, Eric Silver and Brent Teasdale
Assessing the Economic Costs of Serious Mental Illness, Thomas R. Insel
There's No Place Like (a) Home: Ontological Security Among Persons with Serious Mental Illness in the United States, Deborah K. Padgett
The Consumer and Family Movements
From Ex-patient Alternatives to Consumer Options: Consequences of Consumerism for Psychiatric Consumers and the Ex-patient Movement, Athena Helen McLean
The Future of the Mental Health Care System
Fixing the System, E. Fuller Torrey
Excerpts from the executive summary of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health's final report
