Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction. The Proliferation of Mental Illnesses 1
5. Chapter One. A Concept of Mental Disorder 19
6. Chapter Two. The Expansion of Mental Illnesses in Dynamic Psychiatry 38
7. Chapter Three. The Emergence of Diagnostic Psychiatry 56
8. Chapter Four. The Extension of Mental Illnesses into the Community 83
9. Chapter Five. The Structuring of Mental Disorders 107
10. Chapter Six. The Biological Foundations of Diagnostic Psychiatry 132
11. Chapter Seven. Social Causes of Distress 158
12. Chapter Eight. Diagnostic Psychiatry and Therapy 181
13. Conclusion. Mental Illnesses as Social Constructions 208
14. Notes 231
15. References 247
16. Index 283