Arboleda-Flórez / Sartorius Understanding the Stigma of Mental Illness

Theory and Interventions
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-99763-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 226 Seiten, E-Book

Many mentally ill people are the victims of stigma, which leads toadditional suffering and humiliation. Negative stereotypes andprejudicial attitudes against them are often reinforced by theirmedia representation as unpredictable, violent and dangerous. Hencethe importance of the study of stigma as an explanatory constructof much that transpires in the management of the mentally ill inour societies.
This book describes the experience of stigmatization at the levelof the individual, and seeks to measure stigma and discriminationfrom the following perspectives: Self imposed stigma due to shame,guilt and low self esteem; Socially imposed stigma due to socialstereotyping and prejudice; and Structurally imposed stigma, causedby policies, practices, and laws that discriminate against thementally ill.
This book briefly describes programmes that aim to reduce suchstigma then looks at ways to evaluate their effectiveness. It isthe first book to focus on evaluation and research methodologies instigma and mental health. It also:
* presents new interventions to reduce stigma
* describes the various international programmes which help reducestigma
* discusses the use of the internet as an international tool topromote awareness of stigma in mental health.
Understanding the Stigma of Mental Illness is essential reading forclinicians and researchers who wish to apply or develop stigmareduction programmes. It is also a valuable addition to thelibraries of political analysts, policy makers, clinicians,researchers, and all those interested in how to approach andmeasure this distressing social phenomenon.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arboleda-Flórez, Julio

Sartorius, Norman

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of contributors vii
Foreword ix
Preface xi
1 The rights of a powerless legion 1
Julio Arboleda-Flórez
2 Cross-cultural aspects of the stigma of mental illness 19
Bernice A. Pescosolido, Sigrun Olafsdottir, Jack K. Martin and J. Scott Long
3 The WPA Global Programme against Stigma and Discrimination because of Schizophrenia 37
Norman Sartorius
4 'Fighting stigma and discrimination because of schizophenia - Open the Doors': a collaborative review of the experience from the German project centres 49
A.E. Baumann, W. Gaebel, et al.
5 Stigma and health care staff 69
Juan J. López-Ibor Jr., Olga Cuenca and María-Inés López-Ibor
6 Evaluating programmatic needs concerning the stigma of mental illness 85
Beate Schulze
7 Using the Internet for fighting the stigma of schizophrenia 125
Hugh Schulze
8 Building an evidence base for anti-stigma programming 135
Heather Stuart
9 Other people stigmatize . . . but, what about us? Attitudes of mental health professionals towards patients with schizophrenia 147
Alp Üçok
10 Implementing anti stigma programmes in Boulder, Colorado and Calgary, Alberta 161
Richard Warner
11 Stigma measurement approaches: conceptual origins and current applications 175
Lawrence H. Yang, Bruce G. Link and Jo C. Phelan
Appendix Inventories to measure the scope and impact of stigma experiences from the perspective of those who are stigmatized - consumer and family versions 193
Heather Stuart, Michelle Koller and Roumen Milev
Index 205