Understanding the Stigma of Mental Illness
Theory and Interventions
Many mentally ill people are the victims of stigma, which leads to additional suffering and humiliation. Negative stereotypes and prejudicial attitudes against them are often reinforced by their media representation as unpredictable, violent and dangerous. Hence the importance of the study of stigma as an explanatory construct of much that transpires in the management of the mentally ill in our societies.This book describes the experience of stigmatization at the level of the individual, and seeks to measure stigma and discrimination from the following perspectives: Self imposed stigma due to shame, guilt and low self esteem; Socially imposed…
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Weitere Autoren: Sartorius, Norman (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-470-72328-9
- EAN: 9780470723289
- Produktnummer: 4729762
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 226 S.
- Masse: H25.2 cm x B17.5 cm x D1.9 cm 546 g
- Gewicht: 546
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
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