Attitudes Toward The Mentally Ill

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on the Science of Changing Behavioral Health Social Norms
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309439121

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Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on the Science of Changing Behavioral Health Social Norms Pdf

Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. These disorders are among the most highly stigmatized health conditions in the United States, and they remain barriers to full participation in society in areas as basic as education, housing, and employment. Improving the lives of people with mental health and substance abuse disorders has been a priority in the United States for more than 50 years. The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 is considered a major turning point in America's efforts to improve behavioral healthcare. It ushered in an era of optimism and hope and laid the groundwork for the consumer movement and new models of recovery. The consumer movement gave voice to people with mental and substance use disorders and brought their perspectives and experience into national discussions about mental health. However over the same 50-year period, positive change in American public attitudes and beliefs about mental and substance use disorders has lagged behind these advances. Stigma is a complex social phenomenon based on a relationship between an attribute and a stereotype that assigns undesirable labels, qualities, and behaviors to a person with that attribute. Labeled individuals are then socially devalued, which leads to inequality and discrimination. This report contributes to national efforts to understand and change attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that can lead to stigma and discrimination. Changing stigma in a lasting way will require coordinated efforts, which are based on the best possible evidence, supported at the national level with multiyear funding, and planned and implemented by an effective coalition of representative stakeholders. Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The Evidence for Stigma Change explores stigma and discrimination faced by individuals with mental or substance use disorders and recommends effective strategies for reducing stigma and encouraging people to seek treatment and other supportive services. It offers a set of conclusions and recommendations about successful stigma change strategies and the research needed to inform and evaluate these efforts in the United States.

Author : Guido M. Crocetti,Herzl R. Spiro,Iradj Siassi
Publisher : [Pittsburgh] : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39015002583030

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Contemporary Attitudes Toward Mental Illness by Guido M. Crocetti,Herzl R. Spiro,Iradj Siassi Pdf

Author : Wolfgang Gaebel,Wulf Rössler,Norman Sartorius
Publisher : Springer
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319278391

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The Stigma of Mental Illness - End of the Story? by Wolfgang Gaebel,Wulf Rössler,Norman Sartorius Pdf

This book makes a highly innovative contribution to overcoming the stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness – still the heaviest burden both for those afflicted and those caring for them. The scene is set by the presentation of different fundamental perspectives on the problem of stigma and discrimination by researchers, consumers, families, and human rights experts. Current knowledge and practice used in reducing stigma are then described, with information on the programmes adopted across the world and their utility, feasibility, and effectiveness. The core of the volume comprises descriptions of new approaches and innovative programmes specifically designed to overcome stigma and discrimination. In the closing part of the book, the editors – all respected experts in the field – summarize some of the most important evidence- and experience-based recommendations for future action to successfully rewrite the long and burdensome ‘story’ of mental illness stigma and discrimination.

Author : Stephen P. Hinshaw
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199730926

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The Mark of Shame by Stephen P. Hinshaw Pdf

The stigma associated with mental disorders can erode personal well-being, family relations and economic productivity of sufferers. This text examines the psychological and solid roots of such stigma and ways to overcome it.

Author : Norman Sartorius,Hugh Schulze
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521549434

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Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness by Norman Sartorius,Hugh Schulze Pdf

Details the results of the Open Doors Programme, set up to fight the stigma/discrimination attached to schizophrenia.

Author : Paul Jay Fink
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0880484055

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Stigma and Mental Illness by Paul Jay Fink Pdf

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.

Author : Stefan Leucht
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521882644

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Physical Illness and Schizophrenia by Stefan Leucht Pdf

Provides a comprehensive review of research evidence on physical diseases in people with schizophrenia.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015054173375

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Mental Health by Anonim Pdf

Author : Julio Arboleda-Flórez,Norman Sartorius
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780470997635

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Understanding the Stigma of Mental Illness by Julio Arboleda-Flórez,Norman Sartorius Pdf

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 stigma due to social stereotyping and prejudice; and Structurally imposed stigma, caused by policies, practices, and laws that discriminate against the mentally ill. This book briefly describes programmes that aim to reduce such stigma then looks at ways to evaluate their effectiveness. It is the first book to focus on evaluation and research methodologies in stigma and mental health. It also: presents new interventions to reduce stigma describes the various international programmes which help reduce stigma discusses the use of the internet as an international tool to promote awareness of stigma in mental health Understanding the Stigma of Mental Illness is essential reading for clinicians and researchers who wish to apply or develop stigma reduction programmes. It is also a valuable addition to the libraries of political analysts, policy makers, clinicians, researchers, and all those interested in how to approach and measure this distressing social phenomenon.

Author : Graham Thornicroft
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199565498

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Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health by Graham Thornicroft Pdf

Community mental health care has evolved as a discipline over the past 50 years, and within the past 20 years, there have been major developments across the world. The Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health is the most comprehensive and authoritative review published in the field, written by an international and interdisciplinary team.

Author : Gavin Andrews,Scott Henderson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781139429764

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Unmet Need in Psychiatry by Gavin Andrews,Scott Henderson Pdf

This book considers ways to resolve the imbalance between the demand and supply of mental health services. Treatment services in most countries reach only a minority of people identified as suffering from a mental disorder. Few countries can provide adequate health services for all the mentally ill, yet none has developed a rational system to decide who should be treated. The questions are clear. Could we develop a staged treatment process to reach all in need? If not, how do we decide who to treat? What should the criteria be for deployment of scarce treatment resources? How do we determine such criteria? What are the ethical implications of applying such criteria? In this pioneering work, an international team of eminent psychiatrists, epidemiologists, health administrators, economists and health planners examine these questions. The result will inform and encourage all concerned with the equitable provision of mental health care.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Attitude (Psychology)
ISBN : MSU:31293022425239

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Attitudes Toward the Mentally Ill by Anonim Pdf

Author : American Psychiatric Association
Publisher : American Psychiatric Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1955245185

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) by American Psychiatric Association Pdf

Author : Elaine Cumming,John Cumming
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0674491769

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Closed Ranks by Elaine Cumming,John Cumming Pdf

Author : Michael T. Compton,Ruth S. Shim
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781585625178

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The Social Determinants of Mental Health by Michael T. Compton,Ruth S. Shim Pdf

The Social Determinants of Mental Health aims to fill the gap that exists in the psychiatric, scholarly, and policy-related literature on the social determinants of mental health: those factors stemming from where we learn, play, live, work, and age that impact our overall mental health and well-being. The editors and an impressive roster of chapter authors from diverse scholarly backgrounds provide detailed information on topics such as discrimination and social exclusion; adverse early life experiences; poor education; unemployment, underemployment, and job insecurity; income inequality, poverty, and neighborhood deprivation; food insecurity; poor housing quality and housing instability; adverse features of the built environment; and poor access to mental health care. This thought-provoking book offers many beneficial features for clinicians and public health professionals: Clinical vignettes are included, designed to make the content accessible to readers who are primarily clinicians and also to demonstrate the practical, individual-level applicability of the subject matter for those who typically work at the public health, population, and/or policy level. Policy implications are discussed throughout, designed to make the content accessible to readers who work primarily at the public health or population level and also to demonstrate the policy relevance of the subject matter for those who typically work at the clinical level. All chapters include five to six key points that focus on the most important content, helping to both prepare the reader with a brief overview of the chapter's main points and reinforce the "take-away" messages afterward. In addition to the main body of the book, which focuses on selected individual social determinants of mental health, the volume includes an in-depth overview that summarizes the editors' and their colleagues' conceptualization, as well as a final chapter coauthored by Dr. David Satcher, 16th Surgeon General of the United States, that serves as a "Call to Action," offering specific actions that can be taken by both clinicians and policymakers to address the social determinants of mental health. The editors have succeeded in the difficult task of balancing the individual/clinical/patient perspective and the population/public health/community point of view, while underscoring the need for both groups to work in a unified way to address the inequities in twenty-first century America. The Social Determinants of Mental Health gives readers the tools to understand and act to improve mental health and reduce risk for mental illnesses for individuals and communities. Students preparing for the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) will also benefit from this book, as the MCAT in 2015 will test applicants' knowledge of social determinants of health. The social determinants of mental health are not distinct from the social determinants of physical health, although they deserve special emphasis given the prevalence and burden of poor mental health.