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William C. Cockerham received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is also Co-Director of the UAB Center for Social Medicine and holds secondary appointments in medicine and public health. He is the recipient of the UAB Connors Prize in the History of Ideas and the Ireland Award for Distinguished Scholarship. Currently, he is serving as the President of the Research Committee on Health Sociology of the International Sociological Association and is on the Editorial Board of the American Sociological Review. Dr. Cockerham has published numerous peer-reviewed papers in academic journals and is author or editor of fourteen books. His most recent books published by Pearson Prentice-Hall include Medical Sociology, 11th edition (2010) and the Sociology of Mental Disorder, 8th edition (2010).
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1 The Problem of Mental Disorder
Chapter 2 Types of Mental Disorders
Chapter 3 Concepts of Causes and Cures
Chapter 4 Mental Disorder as Deviant Behavior
Chapter 5 Social Epidemiology
Chapter 6 Social Class
Chapter 7 Age, Gender, and Marital Status
Chapter 8 Urban versus Rural Living and Migration
Chapter 9 Race
Chapter 10 Help-Seeking Behavior and the Prepatient Experience
Chapter 11 Acting Mentally Disordered: The Example of Schizophrenia, Anxiety, and Depression
Chapter 12 The Mental Hospital Patient
Chapter 13 Residing in the Community
Chapter 14 Community Care and Public Policy
Chapter 15 Mental Disorder and the Law
Chapter 16 Mental Disorder and Public Policy in Selected Countries
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1 The Problem of Mental Disorder
Defining Mental Disorder
Madness through the Ages
Chapter 2 Types of Mental Disorders
Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence
Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition Not Elsewhere Classified
Substance-Related Disorders
Schizophrenia
Mood Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Somatoform Disorders
Factitious Disorders
Dissociative Disorders
Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
Eating Disorders
Sleep Disorders
Impulse-Control Disorders Not Elsewhere Classified
Adjustment Disorders
Personality Disorders
Other Conditions that may be a Focus of Clinical Attention
Chapter 3 Concepts of Causes and Cures
The Medical Model
The Psychoanalytic Model
The Social Learning Model (Behavior Modification)
The Social Stress Model
The Antipsychiatric Model
Chapter 4 Mental Disorder as Deviant Behavior
Macro-Level Approaches to Mentally Deviant Behavior
Micro-Level Approaches to Mentally Deviant Behavior
Chapter 5 Social Epidemiology
Epidemiological Methods
The “True” Prevalence of Mental Disorder
Chapter 6 Social Class
The Classic Studies
Explanations of the Relationship
Chapter 7 Age, Gender, and Marital Status
Age
Gender
Marital Status
Chapter 8 Urban versus Rural Living and Migration
Urban versus Rural Living
Migration
Chapter 9 Race
Differences between Racial Minority Groups
Minority Status and Self-Esteem
Urban Black Folk Healers
The Curanderos
Chapter 10 Help-Seeking Behavior and the Prepatient Experience
The Decision to Seek Treatment
Family Disruption
Family Alienation
Public Disruption
Chapter 11 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”
Chapter 12 The Mental Hospital Patient
Voluntary Commitment
Involuntary Commitment
The Inpatient
Chapter 13 Residing in the Community
Stigma
Family Responses to Current and Former Mental Patients
Community Responses to Current and Former Mental Patients
Adjustment to the Outside World
Chapter 14 Community Care and Public Policy
Delivery of Mental Health Services
The Changing Focus of Mental Health Care Delivery
Community Mental Health Centers
Managed Care
Delivery of Mental Health Services in the United States: An Appraisal
Chapter 15 Mental Disorder and the Law
The Concept of Dangerousness
False Commitment
Insanity as a Defense in a Criminal Trial
The Right to Treatment
Mental Health Law and Social Control
Chapter 16 Mental Disorder and Public Policy in Selected Countries
Great Britain
Italy
Germany
China
Japan
Poland
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