The Sociology of Mental Disorders.

Abstract

Preface The Social Construction of Bizarre Behaviors Introduction The Social Construction of Reality Bizarre Behaviors as Disease Bizarre Behaviors as Deviance Biosocial Framework For the Etiology of Mental Disorders A Definition of Mental Disorder The Social Epidemiology of Mental Disorders The Methods of Epidemiology Basic Data in Psychiatric Epidemiology Role, Identity, Suggestibility, and Stress Role and Identity Suggestibility and Mental Disorders Stress and Mental Disorders Integration: Community and Family Community Family Socioeconomic Stratification Causation: Environmental and Individual Factors Selection and Drift: Individual and Environmental Factors Other Concepts of Socioeconomic Disadvantage The Social Transmission of Psychopathology Acute Epidemics Chronic Epidemics Theories of Collective Behavior Relevant Social Psychological Processes Sociologic Framework for Somatoform Epidemics (Rescite) Social Aspects of Treatment Bizarre Behaviors and Use of Services The Organization of Treatment Diffusion of Therapeutic Innovations in Psychiatry Ideology, Technology, and Structure in Psychiatry Mental Disorder in the Modern World The Individual in Modern Society Epidemiologic Evidence Modern Society as Insane Bibliography Index