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Written off : mental health stigma and the loss of human potential / Philip T. Yanos

By: Yanos, Philip T, 1968- [author].
Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, ©2018Description: xv, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107196957.Subject(s): Social psychiatry -- Case studies | Stigma (Social psychology) -- Case studies | Mental illness -- Case studies | Social Stigma | Mental Disorders -- psychology | Stereotyping | Mentally Ill Persons -- psychologyGenre/Form: Case studies. | Case studies. | Case Reports. | Print books.
Contents:
Foreword / by Edward L. Knight -- 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 illnesses -- 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?
Summary: "Written-Off tells the story of how mental health stigma comes to have a profound impact on the lives of people diagnosed with mental illnesses. It reviews theory, research, and history--illustrated with a multitude of personal stories--in four major areas. These areas are: the prevalence and predictors of negative attitudes and behaviors toward mental illness, the impact of community attitudes and behaviors on the self-perceptions of people diagnosed with mental illness, the impact of self-perceptions on the community participation of people diagnosed with mental illness, and how to change self-perceptions through a variety of approaches." --Publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Foreword / by Edward L. Knight -- 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 illnesses -- 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?

"Written-Off tells the story of how mental health stigma comes to have a profound impact on the lives of people diagnosed with mental illnesses. It reviews theory, research, and history--illustrated with a multitude of personal stories--in four major areas. These areas are: the prevalence and predictors of negative attitudes and behaviors toward mental illness, the impact of community attitudes and behaviors on the self-perceptions of people diagnosed with mental illness, the impact of self-perceptions on the community participation of people diagnosed with mental illness, and how to change self-perceptions through a variety of approaches." --Publisher description

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