Sociology of Mental Disorder - Softcover

Cockerham, William C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205913873 ISBN 13: 9780205913879

Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

The ninth edition of Sociology of Mental Disorder presents the major issues and research findings on the influence of race, social class, gender, and age on the incidence of mental disorder. The text also examines the institutions put in place to help those with mental disorders.

About this title

About the Author:

William C. Cockerham received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He holds secondary appointments in medicine and public health and is recipient of the UAB Connors Prize in the History of Ideas and the Ireland Award for Distinguished Scholarship. He is past President of the Research Committee on Health Sociology of the International Sociological Association and formerly on the Editorial Board of the American Sociological Review. Currently, he is on the Editorial Boards of Social Currents and Society and Mental Health. Dr. Cockerham has published numerous peer-reviewed papers in academic journals and is author or editor of seventeen books. His most recent books from Routledge are Medical Sociology, Thirteenth Edition (2015) and The Sociology of Mental Disorder, Ninth Edition (2014).

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0205913873
• ISBN 13: 9780205913879
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352