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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910144112403321
• 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