LEADER 04075nam 2200781Ia 450 001 9911019201703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786611841355 010 $a9781281841353 010 $a1281841358 010 $a9780470997635 010 $a047099763X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000556306 035 $a(EBL)366847 035 $a(OCoLC)476202062 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000354864 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12080768 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000354864 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10315939 035 $a(PQKB)10193402 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000264759 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11216999 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264759 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10292733 035 $a(PQKB)10482455 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC366847 035 $a(Perlego)2788721 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000556306 100 $a20071116d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aUnderstanding the stigma of mental illness $etheory and interventions /$fedited by Julio Arboleda-Florez and Norman Sartorius 210 $aChichester, England ;$aHoboken, NJ $cJohn Wiley & Sons$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (227 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780470997642 311 08$a0470997648 311 08$a9780470723289 311 08$a0470723289 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aUnderstanding 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 327 $a8 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 330 $aMany 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 606 $aMental illness$xPublic opinion 606 $aMental illness$xSocial aspects 606 $aSchizophrenia$xPublic opinion 606 $aSchizophrenia$xSocial aspects 606 $aStigma (Social psychology) 615 0$aMental illness$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aMental illness$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aSchizophrenia$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aSchizophrenia$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aStigma (Social psychology) 676 $a362.2 676 $a362.26 676 $a616.89 701 $aArboleda-Florez$b J$g(Julio),$f1939-$01839916 701 $aSartorius$b N$0888186 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911019201703321 996 $aUnderstanding the stigma of mental illness$94419317 997 $aUNINA