| Contents |
1. Madness and society -- Defining mental disorder -- Madness through the ages -- 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 -- 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 -- 3. Acting mentally disordered: the example 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 -- 4. Mental disorder: concepts of causes and cures -- The medical model -- The psychoanalytic model -- Behavior modification -- The social stress model -- Summary -- 5. Mental disorder as deviant social behavior -- Structural approaches -- Agency approaches -- Summary -- 6. Mental disorder: social epidemiology -- Epidemiological methods -- The "true" prevalence of mental disorder -- Summary -- 7. Mental disorder: social class -- The components of social class -- The classic studies -- Summary -- 8. Mental disorder: age, gender, and marital status -- Age -- Gender -- Marital status -- Summary -- 9. Mental disorder: urban versus rural living and migration -- Urban versus rural living -- Migration -- Summary -- 10. Mental disorder: race -- Differences between racial minority groups -- Minority status and self-esteem -- Summary -- 11. Help-seeking behavior and the prepatient experience -- The decision to seek treatment -- Family disruption -- Family alienation -- Public disruption -- Summary -- 12. Patienthood in institutions -- The mental hospital -- Community care -- Summary -- 13. Stigma -- Stigma -- Community responses to current and former mental patients -- Summary -- 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 -- 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 -- 16. Mental disorder and public policy in selected countries -- United Kingdom -- Italy -- Germany -- China -- Japan -- Summary. |
| Abstract |
"This new edition provides vital updates and significantly expanded coverage. Importantly, this edition that has been updated to the Revised DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). Included is a new chapter on patienthood and sections on epigenetics, social class, race, gender, community care, and more topics"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2020031881 |
| ISBN | 9780367432041 paperback |
| ISBN | 0367432048 paperback |
| ISBN | 9780367432034 hardcover |
| ISBN | 036743203X hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
