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Sociology and Psychiatry

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Abstract

The usual generic classification of the empirical sciences distinguishes the natural sciences (and, in medicine, the biological sciences) from the social, behavioral, cognitive, and cultural sciences. Economics, political science, sociology, and psychology are usually counted among the social and behavioral sciences. Sociology is that area of the social sciences concerned with the structural characteristics and developmental dynamics of human societies and socialization processes. Sociology shares certain characteristic features with all other scientific disciplines:

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    It possesses a specific set of concepts and methods with which a portion of the real world can be systematically described.

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    It contains a cumulative body of knowledge built up over decades by research work carried out in many countries on the basis of these concepts and methods.

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    It provides a number of more or less well-tested, generalizable theories by means of which societal phenomena can be explained.

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  1. Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, P.O. Box 12 21 20, 68072, Mannheim, Germany

    Fritz Henn

  2. Belle-Idée, Bâtiment Salève, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, 2, chemin du Petit-Bel-Air, 1225, Chêne-Bourg/Genève, Switzerland

    Norman Sartorius

  3. Psychiatrische Klinik, Freie Universität Berlin, Eschenallee 3, 14050, Berlin, Germany

    Hanfried Helmchen

  4. Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Straße 22, 81675, München, Germany

    Hans Lauter

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Siegrist, J. (2001). Sociology and Psychiatry. In: Henn, F., Sartorius, N., Helmchen, H., Lauter, H. (eds) Contemporary Psychiatry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59519-6_15

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