Estroff describes a group of chronic psychiatric clients as they attempt life outside a mental hospital.
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Inhoudsopgave
FOREWORD
PREFACE
PART I INTRODUCTION AND ORIENTATION
1 A Personal View of Clients and Staff
2 Development of the Topic and Perspective
3 Fieldwork-Tactical and Methodological Aspects
PART II ETHNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL
4 Clients and PACT-A Description
5 Medications
6 Subsistence Strategies-Employment, Unemployment, and
Professional Disability
7 Normals, Crazies, Insiders, and Outsiders
PART III INTERPRETATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
Prologue
8 Reviews of Relevant Literature
9 The Social Construction of a Crazy Reality
10 The Sociocultural Context of Illness and Craziness
11 Reflections, Conclusions, and Questions for Further
Research
EPILOGUE
APPENDIX
REFERENCES
INDEXES
Index of Clients
Index of Names
Subject Index