Challenging the stigma of mental illness : lessons for therapists and advocates /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Corrigan, Patrick W.
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Roe, David, 1966-, Tsang, Hector W. H.
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
• Θέματα: Mental illness > Social aspects.; Mentally ill > Public opinion.; Stigma (Social psychology); Mental Disorders > psychology.; Mental Disorders > therapy.; Attitude to Health.; Mentally Ill Persons.; Prejudice.; Social Perception.; Medicine.; Health.; Social Science.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Nervous System (incl. Brain); Electronic books.

Challenging the Stigma of Mental Illness offers practical strategies for addressing the harmful effects of stigma attached to mental illness. It considers both major forms of stigma: public stigma, which is prejudice and discrimination endorsed by the general population; and self-stigma, the loss of...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Front Matter
• Stigma is Personal
• Understanding and Measuring Stigma
• Challenging the Public Stigma of Mental Illness
• Addressing Self-Stigma and Fostering Empowerment
• Addressing Structural Stigma
• Stigma as Social Injustice
• References
• Learn More about It
• Index.
• Stigma is personal
• Understanding and measuring stigma
• Challenging the public stigma of mental illness
• Addressing self-stigma and fostering empowerment
• Addressing structural stigma
• Stigma as social injustice
• Learn more about it : resources and chapter references / by Jennifer Rafacz.