Making It Crazy

An Ethnography of Psychiatric Clients in an American Community

By: Sue E. Estroff, Richard H. Lamb (Foreword by)

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Paperback | 6 June 1985 | Edition Number 1

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In this title, Estroff describes a group of chronic psychiatric clients as they attempt life outside a mental hospital.

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"A captivating and thoroughly believable account. . . . An intelligent, well-written account of the lives and problems of the mentally ill trying to make it in the community."--"Contemporary Psychology

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Foreword
Preface
Introduction and Orientation
A Personal View of Clients and Staff	p. 3
Development of the Topic and Perspective	p. 10
Fieldwork--Tactical and Methodological Aspects	p. 20
Ethnographic Material
Clients and PACT--A Description	p. 42
Medications	p. 68
Subsistence Strategies--Employment, Unemployment, and Professional Disability	p. 118
Normals, Crazies, Insiders, and Outsiders	p. 174
Interpretations and Conclusions
Prologue	p. 197
Reviews of Relevant Literature	p. 199
The Social Construction of a Crazy Reality	p. 213
The Sociocultural Context of Illness and Craziness	p. 240
Reflections, Conclusions, and Questions for Further Research	p. 249
Epilogue	p. 258
Appendix	p. 259
References	p. 289
Indexes
Index of Clients	p. 321
Index of Names	p. 322
Subject Index	p. 325
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Making It Crazy

An Ethnography of Psychiatric Clients in an American Community

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