SOC 014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Substance Abuse, Erving Goffman, Total Institution
18 Apr 2018
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Erving goffman said that mental institution = total institution, patients are cut off from the wider society for a long time and lead enclosed lives with every facet of their lives controlled. Deinstitutionalization of individuals with psychiatric disabilities increased from 1950"s to. Prisons as providers of psychiatric care have increased from 1970"s to now. Lifetime benefits limits on mental health (often k) removed. Insurance companies disallowed from denying coverage for prior mental health disorders or exclude them from coverage, or charging individuals higher premiums because of them. Recent proposals in republicans" repeal and replace plans. Allow insurance companies from excluding mental health coverage. Allow insurance companies to charge higher premiums to individuals with mental health issues. Social class : negative correlation between socioeconomic status (ses) and mental disorder. Social causation adverse social conditions are conducive to mental disorder. Social drift mental disorders are likely to lower ses. Gender due to restrictiveness of gender roles.
