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Paradigms Lost : Fighting Stigma and the Lessons Learned.

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. Each chapter examines one currently held paradigm and presents reaso...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stuart, Heather
Otros Autores: Arboleda-Florez, Julio, Sartorius, Norman
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2011.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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. Each chapter examines one currently held paradigm and presents reasons why it should be replaced with a new perspective. The book argues for enlightened opportunism (using every opportunity to fight stigma), rather than more time consuming planning, and emphasizes that the best way to approach anti-stigma work is to select targets jointly with those who are most con.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (241 pages)
ISBN:9780199797691
0199797692