SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Total Institution, Demonic Possession, Deinstitutionalisation

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2070
• Professor: Patrick Parnaby

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More/fewer hospitals mental illness more prevalent where there are more hospitals. Insured/uninsured citizens insurance leads people to seek help. Perception of stigma people will not seek help because they do not want to be stigmatized. Different diagnosis (cid:448)a(cid:396)iatio(cid:374) (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) de(cid:272)isio(cid:374) (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g p(cid:396)o(cid:272)ess (cid:271)y do(cid:272)to(cid:396)(cid:859)s leading to different diagnosis in the same patient from one doctor to the next. Counting the mentally ill some institutions will count visits instead of patients (inflated numbers) Length of time in care = severity of illness this is not always true (cid:862)t(cid:396)ue p(cid:396)e(cid:448)ale(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:396)ates(cid:863) survey, interview, and analysis: problems. Theoretically great, but extremely difficult to obtain. Certain definitions of deviance lead to certain forms of control. If we think of mental illness as a spiritual form of deviance we would expect spiritual control. If we think of mental illness as a medical form of deviance we would expect medical control.