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Social class and mental illness: Community study.
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The article was published on 1958-01-01. It has received 2891 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social deprivation & Mental illness.read more
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The Myth of Mental Illness
TL;DR: A critical examination of the concept of mental illness is therefore indispensable for understanding the ideas, institutions, and interventions of psychiatrists as discussed by the authors, as well as its application in the treatment of mental disorders.
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Toward objective classification of childhood autism: Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS).
TL;DR: In 1966, when an outpatient treatment program for autistic children and their families was initiated, there were two major sets of guidelines for diagnosing the children who were referred to the program, and the most promising at tempt to translate the Kanner definition into an empirical rating scale was the Rimland Checklist.
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On Being Sane in Insane Places
TL;DR: It is clear that we cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in psychiatric hospitals as mentioned in this paper, and the consequences to patients hospitalized in such an environment-the powerlessness, depersonalization, segregation, mortification, and self-labeling-seem undoubtedly countertherapeutic.
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Schizophrenia: manifestations, incidence and course in different cultures. A World Health Organization ten-country study.
Assen Jablensky,Norman Sartorius,G. Ernberg,M. Anker,Ailsa E Korten,John E. Cooper,Richard O. Day,A. Bertelsen +7 more
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Myth of Mental Illness
TL;DR: A critical examination of the concept of mental illness is indispensable for understanding the ideas, institutions, and interventions of psychiatrists.