Making It Crazy An Ethnography of Psychiatric Clients in an American Community

Name: Making It Crazy An Ethnography of Psychiatric Clients in an American Community
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ISBN: 9780520054516

ISBN-10: 0520054512

ISBN-13: 9780520054516

Edition: 1985

Authors: Sue E. Estroff, Richard H. Lamb

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Estroff describes a group of chronic psychiatric clients as they attempt life outside a mental hospital.

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/6/1985
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 338
Size: 0.55" wide x 0.85" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Foreword


Preface



Introduction and Orientation



A Personal View of Clients and Staff



Development of the Topic and Perspective



Fieldwork--Tactical and Methodological Aspects



Ethnographic Material



Clients and PACT--A Description



Medications



Subsistence Strategies--Employment, Unemployment, and Professional Disability



Normals, Crazies, Insiders, and Outsiders



Interpretations and Conclusions


Prologue



Reviews of Relevant Literature



The Social Construction of a Crazy Reality



The Sociocultural Context of Illness and Craziness



Reflections, Conclusions, and Questions for Further Research


Epilogue


Appendix


References


Indexes


Index of Clients


Index of Names


Subject Index