Why People Go to Psychiatrists

by Kadushin,Charles

• ISBN13: 9780202309033
• ISBN10: 0202309037
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-07-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This is the first examination in depth of the reasons and ways that people seek psychiatric help. Viewing contemporary metropolitan life from the standpoint of an experienced social analyst, Charles Kadushin deals with such issues as, why people believe they have emotional problems, what types of problems send them to psychiatrists, how, why, and by whom potential patients are told they are disturbed, why people choose psychiatry over other healing methods, and why many people do not receive treatment from the sources to which they apply.

Author Biography

Charles Kadushin is professor emeritus of sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
The Study and the Cast of Characters
The Decision to Go to a Psychiatrist	p. 3
Data-Collection in a Psychiatric Setting	p. 25
Therapists, Clinics, and Patients: The Organization of Outpatient Psychotherapy	p. 34
The Theory of Our Friends	p. 57
The Realization of a Problem
The Sociology of Presenting Problems	p. 89
Presenting Problems and Psychiatric Diagnoses	p. 110
The Effect of Sophistication, Training, and Social Reality on the Presentation of Self	p. 130
Intermediate Steps in the Decision to Seek Therapy
Free Advice	p. 171
False Starts: Previous Sources of Treatment	p. 201
From Bartenders to Psychiatrists: Images of the Professions	p. 227
The Decision to Go to a Clinic
Searching for Information and Acquiring Knowledge	p. 247
Hopes and Money: Cognitions and Evaluations of Psychotherapy and Psychiatric Clinics	p. 265
Personal Influence and the Last Straw	p. 287
Toward Better Community Mental-Health Programs
Summary of Findings	p. 307
Community Psychiatry and the Friends and Supporters of Psychotherapy: Some Recommendations for Action	p. 319
Appendix	p. 341
Bibliography	p. 363
Index	p. 369
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