Stigma and Mental IllnessAmerican Psychiatric Pub, 1992 - 236 pages This book is a collection of writings on how society has stigmatized mentally ill persons, their families, and their caregivers. First-hand accounts poignantly portray what it is like to be the victim of stigma and mental illness. Stigma and Mental Illness also presents historical, societal, and institutional viewpoints that underscore the devastating effects of stigma. |
Table des matières
Effects of Stigma on Psychiatric Treatment | 3 |
The Experience of Stigma | 11 |
Stigma Families Suffer Too | 13 |
A Letter From a Resident | 15 |
The Stigmatized Patient | 19 |
Historical Aspects of Stigma | 29 |
Shame Stigma and Mental Illness in Ancient Greece | 31 |
Stigma During the Medieval and Renaissance Periods | 43 |
Cinematic Stereotypes Contributing to the Stigmatization of Psychiatrists | 115 |
The Stigmatized Family | 129 |
Fighting Stigma How to Help the Doctors Family | 141 |
Institutional Issues | 153 |
The Stigma of Mental Illness for Medical Students and Residents | 155 |
Societal Factors in the Problems Faced by Deinstitutionalized Psychiatric Patients | 169 |
The Psychiatric Hospital and Reduction of Stigma | 187 |
The Stigma of Electroconvulsive Therapy A Workshop | 191 |
The Devon Asylum A Brief History of the Changing Concept of Mental Illness and Asylum Treatment | 61 |
Madness and the Stigma of Sin in American Christianity | 75 |
Societal Issues | 87 |
The Consequences of Stigma for Persons With Mental Illness Evidence From the Social Sciences | 89 |
Stigma and Stereotype Homeless Mentally III Persons | 99 |
The Stigmatization of Psychiatrists Who Work With Chronically Mentally III Persons | 203 |
Overcoming Stigma The Mad Hatters | 217 |
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