The Social Control of Mental Illness (Foundations of Sociology) (Foundations of Sociology)

By Allan V. Horwitz

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In this book Allan Horwitz views mental illness within a sociological framework of deviance and social control and evaluates communal and individualistic styles of therapeutic control. His new prologue updates the work in the context of significant changes in the American response to mental illness, including the process of psychiatric diagnosis, conceptions of mental illness, and the dynamics of the mental health professions.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0971242763

ISBN13:9780971242760

Release Date:December 2010

Publisher:Eliot Werner Publications/Percheron Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:1.04 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Law Mental Illness Politics & Social Sciences Psychology Social Science Social Sciences

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