Madness

Madness is a layman's term for what psychiatrists and medical professionals call mental illness or psychiatric disorder. A mad person is characterized by psychopathology of one kind or another: a disordered mind, irrational or unintelligible behavior, extreme mood swings, disturbed emotions, bouts of anxiety, or a dysfunctional personality. Madness and mental illness are terms that are both distinct from “insanity,” which is a legal concept. If a mentally disturbed individual comes before a court of law, the concern is whether he or she is insane (i.e., knew right from wrong, poses a danger to self or others, and/or is responsible for his or her actions

Anxiety · Dysfunctional family · Insanity · Irrational number · Mental health · Mental illness · Mood · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychopathology · Psychotherapist · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology

• Sociology of Mental Disorder

  Nancy J Herman, W C Cockerham•Teaching Sociology•1990

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• Societal Reaction as an Explanation of Mental Illness

  Walter R Gove•American Sociological Review•1970

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• Being Mentally Ill

  Thomas J Scheff•Being Mentally Ill•2017

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• Asylums

  Erving Goffman, David Dutton et al.•Asylums•2017

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