Speaking of Sadness - Depression, Disconnection, Meanings of Illness, Updated Expanded

Zusatztext Finally a book from the inside...by a scholar who admits to knowing this aspect of the human condition in his own person and has seen beyond the superstition of the 'medical model,' expressed in the lived experience of real and beautifully articulate people who, like himself, have been there. Informationen zum Autor David A. Karp, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Boston College where he taught for 42 years. He has written or co-authored ten books and more than fifty journal articles and book chapters. His work appears in such periodicals as Symbolic Interaction, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Journal of Qualitative Health Research, the Gerontologist, and the International Journal of Aging and Human Development. His work has largely clustered in three areas: urban life and culture, aging, and the study of mental health and illness. Klappentext Speaking of Sadness, based on fifty in-depth interviews, provides first-hand accounts of the depression experience while discovering clear regularities in the ways that personal identities are shaped over the course of an "illness career." Zusammenfassung Speaking of Sadness, based on fifty in-depth interviews, provides first-hand accounts of the depression experience while discovering clear regularities in the ways that personal identities are shaped over the course of an "illness career." Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Voices and the Politics of Illness 1. Living with Depression 2. The Dialectics of Depression 3. Illness and Identity 4. The Meanings of Medication 5. Coping and Adapting 6. Family and Friends 7. Sickness, Self, and Society Postscript: Sociology, Spirituality, and Suffering Appendix: Thinking about Sampling Notes References Index

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: David Karp, David A Karp, David A. Karp, David Allen Karp, Karp David A.
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 08.12.2016
• EAN: 9780190260965
• ISBN: 978-0-19-026096-5
• Pages: 424
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Psychologie, ésotérique, spiritualité, anthroposophie > Psychologie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Médecine > Spécialités non cliniques; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Recherche en structures sociales; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Care of the mentally ill, Neurosciences, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services, Health, illness or addiction: social aspects, Care of people with mental health conditions