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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144112403321

Titolo

Understanding the stigma of mental illness [[electronic resource] ] : theory and interventions / / edited by Julio Arboleda-Flórez and Norman Sartorius

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2008

ISBN

1-281-84135-8

9786611841355

0-470-99763-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Arboleda-FlórezJ <1939-> (Julio)

SartoriusN

Disciplina

362.2

362.26

616.89

Soggetti

Mental illness - Public opinion

Mental illness - Social aspects

Schizophrenia - Public opinion

Schizophrenia - Social aspects

Stigma (Social psychology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Understanding the Stigma of Mental Illness; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 The rights of a powerless legion; 2 Cross-cultural aspects of the stigma of mental illness; 3 The WPA Global Programme against Stigma and Discrimination because of Schizophrenia; 4 'Fighting stigma and discrimination because of schizophrenia - Open the Doors': a collaborative review of the experience from the German project centres; 5 Stigma and health care staff; 6 Evaluating programmatic needs concerning the stigma of mental illness; 7 Using the Internet for fighting the stigma of schizophrenia

8 Building an evidence base for anti-stigma programming9 Other



people stigmatize . . . but, what about us? Attitudes of mental health professionals towards patients with schizophrenia; 10 Implementing anti stigma programmes in Boulder, Colorado and Calgary, Alberta; 11 Stigma measurement approaches: conceptual origins and current applications; Appendix Inventories to measure the scope and impact of stigma experiences from the perspective of those who are stigmatized - consumer and family versions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Many mentally ill people are the victims of stigma, which leads to additional suffering and humiliation. Negative stereotypes and prejudicial attitudes against them are often reinforced by their media representation as unpredictable, violent and dangerous. Hence the importance of the study of stigma as an explanatory construct of much that transpires in the management of the mentally ill in our societies.This book describes the experience of stigmatization at the level of the individual, and seeks to measure stigma and discrimination from the following perspectives: Self imposed st