Telling is risky business : mental health consumers confront stigma /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wahl, Otto F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
Mental illness > Public opinion.
Psychiatry > Public opinion.
Stigma (Social psychology)
Mental illness.
Mental Disorders
Public Opinion
Stereotyping
Maladies mentales > Opinion publique.
Stigmatisation (Psychologie sociale)
Maladies mentales.
mental disorders.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
MEDICAL > Mental Health.
Mental illness
Mental illness > Public opinion
Psychiatry > Public opinion
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • One person's story
  • Mental illness stigma
  • Reaching consumers
  • Isolation and rejection
  • Discouragement and lowered goals
  • Discrimination
  • Indirect stigma
  • Impact of stigma
  • Strategies and coping
  • Consumer messages about mental illness
  • Cautions and limitations
  • Resources for fighting stigma.

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