Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness
：An A-to-Z Guide
( 1 )
Publication subTitle ：An A-to-Z Guide
Publication series ：1
Publisher： Sage Publications Ltd
Publication year： 2013
E-ISBN: 9781483346335
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781452255484
Subject： Z2 Encyclopedias, Reference Books
Keyword： 百科全书、类书
Language： ENG
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Description
Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A to Z Guide looks at recent reports that suggest an astonishing rise in mental illness and considers such questions as: Are there truly more mentally ill people now or are there just more people being diagnosed and treated? What are the roles of economics and the pharmacological industry in this controversy? At the core of what is going on with mental illness in America and around the world, the editors suggest, is cultural sociology: How differing cultures treat mental illness and, in turn, how mental health patients are affected by the culture.
In this illuminating multidisciplinary reference, expert scholars explore the culture of mental illness from the non-clinical perspectives of sociology, history, psychology, epidemiology, economics, public health policy, and finally, the mental health patients themselves. Key themes include Cultural Comparisons of Mental Health Disorders; Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness Around the World; Economics; Epidemiology; Mental Health Practitioners; Non-Drug Treatments; Patient, the Psychiatry, and Psychology; Psychiatry and Space; Psychopharmacology; Public Policy; Social History; and Sociology.
Key Features
- This two-volume A-Z work, available in both print and electronic formats, includes close to 400 articles by renowned experts in their respective fields.
- An Introduction, a thematic Reader
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