Creating Mental Illness
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Introduction—The Proliferation of Mental Illnesses
1. A Concept of Mental Disorder
2. The Expansion of Mental Disorder in Dynamic Psychiatry
3. The Emergence of Diagnostic Psychiatry
4. The Extension of Mental Illnesses into the Community
5. The Structuring of Mental Disorders
6. The Biological Foundations of Diagnostic Psychiatry
7. Social Causes of Distress
8. Diagnostic Psychiatry and Therapy
Conclusion
Mental Illnesses as Social Constructions
Notes
References
Index
American Sociological Assn.: ASA Best Publication in Mental Health Award
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Biological Sciences: Behavioral Biology
Psychology: Clinical Psychology | Social Psychology
Sociology: General Sociology
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