Cover; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; PART I INTRODUCTION AND ORIENTATION; 1 A Personal View of Clients and Staff; 2 Development of the Topic and Perspective; 3 Fieldwork-Tactical and Methodological Aspects; PART II ETHNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL; 4 Clients and PACT -A Description; 5 Medications; 6 Subsistence Strategies-Employment, Unemployment, and Professional Disability; 7 Normals, Crazies, Insiders, and Outsiders; PART III INTERPRETATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS; Prologue; 8 Reviews of Relevant Literature; 9 The Social Construction of a Crazy Reality; 10 The Sociocultural Context of Illness and Craziness
11 Reflections, Conclusions, and Questions for Further ResearchEPILOGUE; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; INDEXES Index of Clients; Index of Names; Subject Index
Summary
Estroff describes a group of chronic psychiatric clients as they attempt life outside a mental hospital
