J Marshall Townsend
Biographic Data
| ID | 3633393 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Marshall Townsend |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Marshall |
| FAMILY NAME | Townsend |
| SIGNATURE | TOWNSEND J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Syracuse University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cultural Conceptions and the Role of the Psychiatrist in Germany and America
Matched samples of mental hospital staff and high school students completed mental health questionnaires in Germany and America. The results were factor analysed. One factor concerned the role of the psychiatrist. The role of the psychia trist in each culture seems to reflect basic cultural conceptions of mental disorders. Reference to two earlier papers indicates that patients, staff, and public share these basic conceptions and these conception…
Self-Concept and the Institutionalization of Mental Patients: An Overview and Critique
One approach to the study of institutionalization in mental hospitals posits that patients become institutionalized because the hospital inducts them into a sick role, i.e., the hospital convinces them they are mentally ill. The empirical evidence reviewed does not support this proposition. Rather, institutionalization seems to consist of an acceptance of institutional life and an inability to cope on the outside. Patients do not generally think …
Cultural Conceptions, Mental Disorders and Social Roles: A Comparison of Germany and America
Matched samples of German and American high school students and mental hospital staffs completed a 60-item questionnaire on conceptions of mental illness. The conceptions of these groups showed greater differences between countries than between popular and professional views within each country. Furthermore, comparing these conceptions with a previous report on mental patients' conceptions in Germany and America, the conceptions of mental patient…
Cultural Conceptions, Mental Disorders and Social Roles: A Comparison of Germany and America
Matched samples of German and American high school students and mental hospital staffs completed a 60-item questionnaire on conceptions of mental illness. The conceptions of these groups showed greater differences between countries than between popular and professional views within each country. Furthermore, comparing these conceptions with a previous report on mental patients' conceptions in Germany and America, the conceptions of mental patient…
Self-Concept and the Institutionalization of Mental Patients: An Overview and Critique
One approach to the study of institutionalization in mental hospitals posits that patients become institutionalized because the hospital inducts them into a sick role, i.e., the hospital convinces them they are mentally ill. The empirical evidence reviewed does not support this proposition. Rather, institutionalization seems to consist of an acceptance of institutional life and an inability to cope on the outside. Patients do not generally think …
Cultural Conceptions, Mental Disorders and Social Roles: A Comparison of Germany and America
Matched samples of German and American high school students and mental hospital staffs completed a 60-item questionnaire on conceptions of mental illness. The conceptions of these groups showed greater differences between countries than between popular and professional views within each country. Furthermore, comparing these conceptions with a previous report on mental patients' conceptions in Germany and America, the conceptions of mental patient…
Self-Concept and the Institutionalization of Mental Patients: An Overview and Critique
One approach to the study of institutionalization in mental hospitals posits that patients become institutionalized because the hospital inducts them into a sick role, i.e., the hospital convinces them they are mentally ill. The empirical evidence reviewed does not support this proposition. Rather, institutionalization seems to consist of an acceptance of institutional life and an inability to cope on the outside. Patients do not generally think …
Cultural Conceptions and the Role of the Psychiatrist in Germany and America
Matched samples of mental hospital staff and high school students completed mental health questionnaires in Germany and America. The results were factor analysed. One factor concerned the role of the psychiatrist. The role of the psychia trist in each culture seems to reflect basic cultural conceptions of mental disorders. Reference to two earlier papers indicates that patients, staff, and public share these basic conceptions and these conception…
Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Affect (linguistics) (1 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (1 works) · Clinical Psychology (1 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (1 works) · Cultural environment (1 works) · Developmental psychology (1 works) · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (1 works)