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Being Mentally Ill: A Sociological Study by Thomas J. Scheff (Paperback, 1999)

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In incorporating social process into a model of the dynamics of mental disorders, this text questions the individualistic model favoured in current psychiatric and psychoanalytic theory. While the conventional psychiatric viewpoint seeks the causes of mental illness, Scheff views the symptoms of mental illness as the violation of residual rules - social norms so taken for granted that they are not explicitly verbalized. The sociological theory developed by Scheff to account for such behaviour provides a framework for studies reported in subsequent chapters. Two key assumptions emerge: first, that most chronic mental illness is in part a social role; and second, that societal reaction may in part determine entry into that role. Throughout, the sociological model of mental illness is compared and contrasted with more conventional medical and psychological models in an attempt to delineate significant problems for further analysis and research. This third edition has been revised and expanded to encompass the controversy prompted by the first edition, and also to re-evaluate developments in the field. New to this edition are discussions of the use of psychoactive drugs in the treatment of mental illness, changing mental health laws, new social science and psychiatric studies, and the controversy surrounding the labelling theory of mental illness itself.

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN-13
9780202305875
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94966697

Product Key Features

Subject Area
Social Psychology
Author
Thomas J. Scheff
Publication Name
Being Mentally Ill: a Sociological Study
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Psychology, Healthcare System
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
234 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
295g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Thomas J. Scheff
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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