Written off : mental health stigma and the loss of human potential /

This book tells the story of why and how mental health stigma impacts all of us.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Yanos, Philip T., 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Social psychiatry.
Stigma (Social psychology)
Mental illness > Social aspects.
Mentally ill.
Mentally ill women.
Social Stigma
Mental Disorders > psychology
Stereotyping
Mentally Ill Persons > psychology
Mentally Ill Persons
Community Psychiatry
Personnes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale.
Maladies mentales > Aspect social.
Psychiatrie sociale.
Stigmatisation (Psychologie sociale)
Femmes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale.
mentally ill.
MEDICAL > Psychiatry > General.
Mental illness > Social aspects
Mentally ill
Social psychiatry
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Why stigma matters
  • Does mental health stigma really exist?
  • What does stigma look like?
  • Who stigmatizes?
  • Responses to stigma among people diagnosed with a mental illness
  • Discredited : the impact of self-stigma on identity and community participation
  • Stigma by association : the impact of stigma on family members and professionals
  • The possibility of change : peer-led options
  • The possibility of change and interventions : professional options
  • Where do we go from here?

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