1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910702934403321

Titolo

Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009 [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. G.P.O.], , [2009]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (20 unnumbered pages)

Soggetti

Economic assistance, American - Pakistan

Military assistance, American - Pakistan

United States Foreign relations Pakistan

Pakistan Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Dec. 4, 2009).

"Oct. 15, 2009 (S. 1707)."

"123 Stat. 2060."

"Public Law 111-73."



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789314203321

Autore

Stuart Heather L

Titolo

Paradigms lost : fighting stigma and the lessons learned

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[New York] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-19-935321-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations

Disciplina

362.196/89

Soggetti

Attitude of Health Personnel

Mental Disorders - psychology

Prejudice

Social Change

Social Stigma

Mentally Ill Persons - psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the nature and nurture of stigma -- Paradigm 1: Developed countries have eradicated systemic discrimination on the grounds of mental illness -- Paradigm 2: In developing countries, people with mental illnesses are not stigmatized -- Paradigm 3: The fight against stigma must be based on well-developed long term specific and comprehensive plans -- Paradigm 4: Scientific evidence will best define the targets of anti-stigma work -- Paradigm 5: Mental health professionals should lead anti-stigma programs -- Paradigm 6: Improving knowledge about mental illnesses will reduce stigma and discrimination --  Paradigm 7: An anti-stigma program is successful if it changes attitudes -- Paradigm 8: Community care for the mentally ill will destigmatize mental illness and psychiatry -- Paradigm 9: Campaigns are an excellent way of reducing stigma -- Paradigm 10: Anti-stigma programs should be built on the premise that mental illness is like any other illness -- Paradigm 11: The stigma of mental illness is too deeply ingrained to prevent or reduce it -- Summary of Part 1 -- Getting going -- Identifying program priorities -- Program development -- Program monitoring and evaluation.

Sommario/riassunto

'Paradigms Lost' challenges key paradigms currently held about the



prevention or reduction of stigma attached to mental illness using evidence and the experience the authors gathered during the many years of their work in this field.