Corrigan The Stigma Effect

Unintended Consequences of Mental Health Campaigns
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-231-54500-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 100 Seiten

In The Stigma Effect, psychologist Patrick W. Corrigan examines the unintended consequences of mental health campaigns and proposes new policies in their place. He argues that effective strategies require leadership by those with lived experience, as their stories replace ideas of incompetence and dangerousness with ones of hope and empowerment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Corrigan, Patrick

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Who Is the Person with Serious Mental Illness?
2. What Is the Stigma of Mental Illness?
3. Three Competing Agendas to Erase Stigma
4. It Is Much More Than Changing Words
5. Protest: Just Say No to Stigma
6. Beware the Educational Fix
7. Beating Stigma Person to Person
8. Lessons Learned for Future Advocacy
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Corrigan Patrick:
Patrick Corrigan is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has authored or edited fifteen books, including On the Stigma of Mental Illness: Practical Strategies for Research and Social Change (American Psychological Association Press, 2005); Challenging the Stigma of Mental Illness: Lessons for Advocates and Therapists (Wiley, 2011); and The Stigma of Disability and Disease: Empirical Models and Implications for Change (APA, 2014).Patrick W. Corrigan is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He is principal investigator of the National Consortium for Stigma and Empowerment. His books include The Stigma of Disease and Disability (2014).