Telling is Risky Business : Mental Health Consumers Confront Stigma /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wahl, Otto F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1999.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Stigma (Social psychology)
Psychiatry > Public opinion.
Mental illness > Public opinion.
Mental illness.
MEDICAL > Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Health.
mental disorders.
Maladies mentales.
Stigmatisation (Psychologie sociale)
Maladies mentales > Opinion publique.
Stereotyping
Public Opinion
Mental Disorders
Electronic books.
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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