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"...an erudite, engaging and provocative history of sociological ideas...an outstanding piece of sociology." - The Sociological Review "Seldom have I been soimpressed; the breadth and depth of scholarship in this work is awesome." - Professor Charles E Marske "...remarkably well written and informative." - Professor Edwin M Lemert "What was meant and praised as a necessary, courageous and successful step of liberating and emancipating the discipline of criminology fromthe narrow boundaries of the penal law turns out to be another scientific blind alley - now at the level of society. This is the central message of Colin Sumner's fine and scholarly study on the conceptual career of 'deviance' - a literary journey that covers a century long period of theoretical reflection andanalysis." - Professor Dr Fritz Sack
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"A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness is an intellectual 'tour de force'. Rogers and Pilgrim cogently dismantle professional pretensions towards mastery of mental illness, and in their place construct compelling arguments for the need to focus on the social, economic and political determinants of mental well-being."
Professor Chris Dowrick, University of Liverpool, UK How do we understand mental health problems and the concept of happiness in their social context? How have sociologists theorized and researched mental health and illness? A former BMA Medical Book of the Year award winner, this book provides a sociological analysis of major areas of mental health and illness and helps students to develop a critical approach to the subject. This new edition is fully updated, taking into consideration changes in the areas of sociology, social psychiatry and policy analysis and changes to policy and therapeutic law.
Professor Chris Dowrick, University of Liverpool, UK
A new chapter entitled 'public mental health and the pursuit of happiness', reflects the recent focus on the creation of mentally healthy societies.
A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness 4/e is a key teaching and learning resource for undergraduates and postgraduates studying a range of medical sociology and health-related courses, as well as trainee mental health workers in the fields of social work, nursing, clinical psychology and psychiatry.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A previous reviewer complained about the sociological bias of this book. I have no complaint. I think this is its greatest strength. The book's title tells you exactly what it claims to be, and the contents live up to this description.
The fact that the medical model along with others is scrutinised doesn't make the book "unbalanced" in my view. I don't remember being struck by any "medical howlers", but if there are any they don't invalidate the overall critical analysis.
This book is an excellent example of the application of the sociological imagination to this complex, confusing but compelling field. The plight of those of us who suffer emotional and mental problems deserves the understanding that a sociological imagination can bring.
As well as illuminating its subject, this book gives the reader an insight into the sociological perspective, and gives a clear account of various sociological concepts and theoretical positions.
I like things that do what they say they will. I'd recommend this book.
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this was recommended by our lecturer, very difficult to understand at the begining, but really informative when you get used to the way the authors use the language.
5 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Interesting book full of arguments which are all distinctly anti-psychiatry. The book could have done with a medical contributor, as whilst it clearly has a clinical psychologist contributing, his understanding of medical therapies seems severely limited since the book is full of medical howlers.
This is typical sociological 'argument', don't expect anything different.
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