| Description |
303 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Sage annual reviews of studies in deviance ; v. 6 |
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Sage annual reviews of studies in deviance ; v. 6
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| Contents |
The definition and diagnosis of mental disorder / Robert L. Spitzer and Janet B.W. Williams -- Learning to label: the social construction of psychiatrists / Donald W. Light -- Cultural shaping and mental disorder / Jane M. Murphy -- Labelling someone mentally ill: a case study / Anonymous -- The mental hospital from the patient's point of view / Raymond M. Weinstein -- Deinstitutionalizing the mentally ill: process, outcomes and new directions / Joseph P. Morrissey -- The psychiatric revolution of the past twenty-five years / Gerald L. Klerman -- Antipsychiatry from the sixties to the eighties / Peter Sedgwick -- The image of mental illness in the mass media / Charles Winick -- Life events, social supports and mental health / Ronald C. Kessler -- The current status of the labelling theory of mental illness / Walter R. Gove |
| Analysis |
Man Mental illness - Sociological perspectives |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographies |
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The definition and diagnosis of mental disorder / Robert L. Spitzer and Janet B.W. Williams -- Learning to label: the social construction of psychiatrists / Donald W. Light -- Cultural shaping and mental disorder / Jane M. Murphy -- Labelling someone mentally ill: a case study / Anonymous -- The mental hospital from the patient's point of view / Raymond M. Weinstein -- Deinstitutionalizing the mentally ill: process, outcomes and new directions / Joseph P. Morrissey -- The psychiatric revolution of the past twenty-five years / Gerald L. Klerman -- Antipsychiatry from the sixties to the eighties / Peter Sedgwick -- The image of mental illness in the mass media / Charles Winick -- Life events, social supports and mental health / Ronald C. Kessler -- The current status of the labelling theory of mental illness / Walter R. Gove |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
| Subject |
Mental illness.
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Psychiatry.
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Behavior -- classification.
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Mental Disorders.
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Mental illness
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Psychiatry -- trends.
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| Author |
Gove, Walter R.
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| LC no. |
82003386 |
| ISBN |
0803918356 (hard) |
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0803918364 (paperback) |
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