1. Perspectives on mental health and illness = 1
The perspectives outwith sociology
Conclusion about the perspectives outwith sociology
The perspectives within sociology
2. Stigma revisited and lay representations of mental health problems = 23
Lay views of psychological differences
3. Social class and mental health = 43
The general relationship between social class and health status
The relationship between social class and diagnosed mental illness
The relationship between poverty and mental health status
Social class and mental health professionalism
Lay views about mental health and social class
4. Women and men = 62
The over-representation of women in psychiatric diagnosis
Men, dangerousness and mental health services
5. Race and ethnicity = 81
Theoretical presuppositions about race
Race and health
Asian women and the somatization thesis
Irish people and psychiatry
6. Age and ageing = 102
Emotions and primary socialization
Childhood sexual abuse and mental health problems
Social competence in adulthood
Dementia and depression in older people
7. The mental health professions = 120
Theoretical frameworks in the sociology of the professions
Mental health professionals and other social actors
Sociology and the mental health professions
The impact of legislative arrangements and service redesign
8. The treatment of people with mental health problems = 140
Therapeutics
The moral sense of 'treatment'
The social distribution of treatment
The impact of evidence-based practice on treatment
Tackling social exclusion as a focus of treatment
Governmentality and self-help
9. The organization of mental health work = 167
The sociology of the hospital
The rise of the asylum
The crisis of the asylum -
Responses to the crisis
10. Psychiatry and legal control = 191
Legal versus medical control of madness
Mentally disordered offenders -- Socio-legal aspects of compulsion -- Dangerousness
11. Users of mental health services = 213
The diffuse concept of service use
Users as patients
Users as consumers
Users as survivors
Users as providers.
The perspectives outwith sociology
Conclusion about the perspectives outwith sociology
The perspectives within sociology
2. Stigma revisited and lay representations of mental health problems = 23
Lay views of psychological differences
3. Social class and mental health = 43
The general relationship between social class and health status
The relationship between social class and diagnosed mental illness
The relationship between poverty and mental health status
Social class and mental health professionalism
Lay views about mental health and social class
4. Women and men = 62
The over-representation of women in psychiatric diagnosis
Men, dangerousness and mental health services
5. Race and ethnicity = 81
Theoretical presuppositions about race
Race and health
Asian women and the somatization thesis
Irish people and psychiatry
6. Age and ageing = 102
Emotions and primary socialization
Childhood sexual abuse and mental health problems
Social competence in adulthood
Dementia and depression in older people
7. The mental health professions = 120
Theoretical frameworks in the sociology of the professions
Mental health professionals and other social actors
Sociology and the mental health professions
The impact of legislative arrangements and service redesign
8. The treatment of people with mental health problems = 140
Therapeutics
The moral sense of 'treatment'
The social distribution of treatment
The impact of evidence-based practice on treatment
Tackling social exclusion as a focus of treatment
Governmentality and self-help
9. The organization of mental health work = 167
The sociology of the hospital
The rise of the asylum
The crisis of the asylum -
Responses to the crisis
10. Psychiatry and legal control = 191
Legal versus medical control of madness
Mentally disordered offenders -- Socio-legal aspects of compulsion -- Dangerousness
11. Users of mental health services = 213
The diffuse concept of service use
Users as patients
Users as consumers
Users as survivors
Users as providers.