Sociology of Mental Disorder

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Madness and Society
	Defining Mental Disorder
	Madness in Ancient Times
	The Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Post-Renaissance
	The Eighteenth Century: The Great Confinement and Reform
	The Nineteenth Century: Emergence of the Medical Model and the Decline of Moral Treatment
	The Twentieth Century: The Age of Therapies
	The Twenty-First Century: The New Genetics?
	Summary
Chapter 2 Types of Mental Disorders
	Classifying Mental Disorders: The Road to DSM-5
	Neurodevelopmental Disorders
	Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
	Bipolar and Related Disorders
	Depressive Disorders
	Anxiety Disorders
	Obsessive–Compulsive Disorders
	Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders
	Dissociative Disorders
	Somatic Symptom Disorders
	Feeding and Eating Disorders
	Elimination Disorders
	Sleep–Wake Disorders
	Sexual Dysfunctions
	Gender Dysphoria
	Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders
	Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
	Neurocognitive Disorders
	Personality Disorders
	Paraphilic Disorders
	Summary
Chapter 3 Becoming Mentally Disordered: The Examples of Schizophrenia, Anxiety, and Depression
	Alienation from “Place”
	Recognizing Symptoms
	Madness as a Method of Coping
	The Definitive Outburst
	Rendering of Accounts
	The Paradox of Normalcy
	Removal from “Place”
	Summary
Chapter 4 Mental Disorder: Concepts of Causes and Cures
	The Medical Model
	The Psychoanalytic Model
	Behavior Modification and Cognitive Behavior Therapy
	The Stress Process Model
	Summary
Chapter 5 Mental Disorder as Deviant Social Behavior
	Structural Approaches
	Agency Approaches
	Summary
Chapter 6 Mental Disorder: Social Epidemiology
	Epidemiological Methods
	The “True” Prevalence of Mental Disorder
	Summary
Chapter 7 Mental Disorder: Social Class
	The Components of Social Class
	The Classic Studies
	Summary
Chapter 8 Mental Disorder: Age, Gender, and Marital Status
	Age
	Gender
	Marital Status
	Summary
Chapter 9 Mental Disorder: Race
	Mental Health Differences Between Racial Minority Groups
	Minority Status and Self-esteem
	Summary
Chapter 10 Mental Disorder: Urban versus Rural Living, COVID-19, and Migration
	Urban versus Rural Living
	The COVID-19 Pandemic
	Migration
	Summary
Chapter 11 Help-seeking Behavior and the Prepatient Experience
	The Decision to Seek Treatment
	Family Disruption
	Family Alienation
	Public Disruption
	Summary
Chapter 12 Patienthood in Institutions
	The Mental Hospital
	Jails and Prisons
	Community Care
	Summary
Chapter 13 Stigma
	Stigma
	Community Responses to Current and Former Mental Patients
	Summary
Chapter 14 Community Care and Public Policy
	Delivery of Mental Health Services
	The Changed Focus of Mental Health Care Delivery
	Community Mental Health Centers
	Mental Health Insurance Reform: The Affordable Care Act
	Deinstitutionalization and Public Policy
	Managed Care
	Delivery of Mental Health Services in the United States: An Appraisal
	Summary
Chapter 15 Mental Disorder and the Law
	The Concept of Dangerousness
	The Problem of Predicting Dangerousness
	False Commitment
	Insanity as a Defense in a Criminal Trial
	The Right to Treatment
	Mental Health Law and Social Control
	Summary
Chapter 16 Mental Disorder and Public Policy in Selected Countries
	United Kingdom
	Italy
	Germany
	China
	Japan
	Summary
References
Author Index
Subject Index