Deconstructing Stigma In Mental Health

Author : Canfield, Brittany A.,Cunningham, Holly A.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781522538097

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Deconstructing Stigma in Mental Health by Canfield, Brittany A.,Cunningham, Holly A. Pdf

Stigma continues to play an integral role in the multifaceted issues facing mental health. While identifying a clear operational definition of stigma has been a challenge in the field, the issues related to stigma grossly affect not only the mental health population but society as a whole. Deconstructing Stigma in Mental Health provides emerging research on issues related to stigma as a whole including ignorance, prejudice, and discrimination. While highlighting issues such as stigma and its role in mental health and how stigma is perpetuated in society, this publication explores the historical context of stigma, current issues and resolutions through intersectional collaboration, and the deconstruction of mental health stigmas. This book is a valuable resource for mental health administrators and clinicians, researchers, educators, policy makers, and psychology professionals seeking information on current mental health stigma trends.

Author : Phil Hewitt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781472956521

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Outrunning the Demons by Phil Hewitt Pdf

Hope through running... Written by bestselling author Phil Hewitt, Outrunning the Demons is an exploration of the transformative power of running – and how it can be the key to unlocking resilience we never knew we had. 'an inspiring collection of stories about runners who have run through unimaginable adversity to find perspective, resolution and ultimately peace, within themselves and with the universe.' - Dean Karnazes 'a really good book ... with fascinating stories' – BBC Radio Four, Today Programme Exhilarating, compelling and beautifully written; this extraordinary book, both humbling and uplifting.' - Peter James, international bestselling writer 'a remarkable collection of intensely personal stories connects the reader to the restorative power of running.' – Hugh Bonneville Running can take us to fantastic places. Just as importantly, it can also bring us back from terrible ones. For people in times of crisis, trauma and physical or mental illness – when normality collapses – running can put things back together again. After bestselling author Phil Hewitt was viciously mugged, stabbed and left for dead in 2016, he found himself suffering the acute symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Unable to make sense of the horrific experience that had happened to him, Phil found that dedicating himself to running was slowly but surely helping him heal. Outrunning the Demons is an enriching and celebratory exploration of the transformative power of running – and how it can be the key to unlocking resilience we never knew we had. Told through 34 deeply affecting real-life stories and covering such diverse themes as trauma, bereavement, addiction, depression and anxiety, this compelling book is an exposition of just why running can so often be the answer to everything when we find ourselves in extremis. THE RUNNING AWARDS – BEST CHRISTMAS BOOK

Author : Heather Stuart,Julio Arboleda-Florez,Norman Sartorius
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199797639

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Paradigms Lost by Heather Stuart,Julio Arboleda-Florez,Norman Sartorius Pdf

Paradigms Lost challenges key paradigms currently held about the prevention or reduction of stigma attached to mental illness using evidence and the experience the authors gathered during the many years of their work in this field. Each chapter examines one currently held paradigm and presents reasons why it should be replaced with a new perspective. The book argues for enlightened opportunism (using every opportunity to fight stigma), rather than more time consuming planning, and emphasizes that the best way to approach anti-stigma work is to select targets jointly with those who are most concerned. The most radical change of paradigms concerns the evaluation of outcome for anti-stigma activities. Previously, changes in stigmatizing attitudes were used as the best indicator of success. Paradigms Lost and its authors argue that it is now necessary to measure changes in behaviors (both from the perspective of those stigmatized and those who stigmatize) to obtain a more valid measure of a program's success. Other myths to be challenged: providing knowledge about mental illness will reduce stigma; community care will de-stigmatize mental illness and psychiatry; people with a mental illness are less discriminated against in developing countries. Paradigms Lost concludes by describing key elements in successful anti stigma work including the recommended duration of anti-stigma programmes, the involvement of those with mental illness in designing programmes, and the definition of programmes in accordance with local circumstances. A summary of weaknesses of currently held paradigms and corresponding lists of best practice principles to guide future anti-stigma action and research bring this insightful volume to an apt conclusion.

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1973 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781799834335

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Research Anthology on Rehabilitation Practices and Therapy by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

The availability of practical applications, techniques, and case studies by international therapists is limited despite expansions to the fields of clinical psychology, rehabilitation, and counseling. As dialogues surrounding mental health grow, it is important to maintain therapeutic modalities that ensure the highest level of patient-centered rehabilitation and care are met across global networks. Research Anthology on Rehabilitation Practices and Therapy is a vital reference source that examines the latest scholarly material on trends and techniques in counseling and therapy and provides innovative insights into contemporary and future issues within the field. Highlighting a range of topics such as psychotherapy, anger management, and psychodynamics, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for mental health professionals, counselors, therapists, clinical psychologists, sociologists, social workers, researchers, students, and social science academicians seeking coverage on significant advances in rehabilitation and therapy.

Author : Paul Jay Fink
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,9 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 : Renu Addlakha
Publisher : Zubaan
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Families
ISBN : 8189884093

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Deconstructing Mental Illness by Renu Addlakha Pdf

Author : Norman Sartorius,Hugh Schulze
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 48,6 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 : Robert B. Oxnam
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781401305703

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A Fractured Mind by Robert B. Oxnam Pdf

In 1989, Robert B. Oxnam, the successful China scholar and president of the Asia Society, faced up to what he thought was his biggest personal challenge: alcoholism. But this dependency masked a problem far more serious: Multiple Personality Disorder. At the peak of his professional career, after having led the Asia Society for nearly a decade, Oxnam was haunted by periodic blackouts and episodic rages. After his family and friends intervened, Oxnam received help from a psychiatrist, Dr. Jeffrey Smith, and entered a rehab center. It wasn't until 1990 during a session with Dr. Smith that the first of Oxnam's eleven alternate personalities--an angry young boy named Tommy--suddenly emerged. With Dr. Smith's help, Oxnam began the exhausting and fascinating process of uncovering his many personalities and the childhood trauma that caused his condition. This is the powerful and moving story of one person's struggle with this terrifying illness. The book includes an epilogue by Dr. Smith in which he describes Robert's case, the treatment, and the nature of multiple personality disorder. Robert's courage in facing his situation and overcoming his painful past makes for a dramatic and inspiring book.

Author : Carl Walker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780387727134

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Depression and Globalization by Carl Walker Pdf

This is an important academic text on the political aspects of depression, specifically the relationship between globalization and depression. The text Walker reestablishes the link between mental health research and treatment, along with the political and economical influences outside the world of academic and clinical mental health. Overall, this book accomplishes the task of how closely and inextricably linked these diverse fields are and the way they operate together to produce not only a cultural representation of mental illness but influence the extent and type of mental distress in the 21st century.

Author : Stijn Vanheule
Publisher : Springer
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783319446691

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Psychiatric Diagnosis Revisited by Stijn Vanheule Pdf

This book explores the purpose of clinical psychological and psychiatric diagnosis, and provides a persuasive case for moving away from the traditional practice of psychiatric classification. It discusses the validity and reliability of classification-based approaches to clinical diagnosis, and frames them in their broader historical and societal context. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is used across the world in research and a range of mental health settings; here, Stijn Vanheule argues that the diagnostic reliability of the DSM is overrated, built on a limited biomedical approach to mental disorders that neglects context, and ultimately breeds stigma. The book subsequently makes a passionate plea for a more detailed approach to the study of mental suffering by means of case formulation. Starting from literature on qualitative research the author makes clear how to guarantee the quality of clinical case formulations.

Author : China Mills
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135080433

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Decolonizing Global Mental Health by China Mills Pdf

Decolonizing Global Mental Health is a book that maps a strange irony. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Movement for Global Mental Health are calling to ‘scale up’ access to psychological and psychiatric treatments globally, particularly within the global South. Simultaneously, in the global North, psychiatry and its often chemical treatments are coming under increased criticism (from both those who take the medication and those in the position to prescribe it). The book argues that it is imperative to explore what counts as evidence within Global Mental Health, and seeks to de-familiarize current ‘Western’ conceptions of psychology and psychiatry using postcolonial theory. It leads us to wonder whether we should call for equality in global access to psychiatry, whether everyone should have the right to a psychotropic citizenship and whether mental health can, or should, be global. As such, it is ideal reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as researchers in the fields of critical psychology and psychiatry, social and health psychology, cultural studies, public health and social work.

Author : Jesse Bering
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780226755557

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Suicidal by Jesse Bering Pdf

For much of his thirties, Jesse Bering thought he was probably going to kill himself. He was a successful psychologist and writer, with books to his name and bylines in major magazines. But none of that mattered. The impulse to take his own life remained. At times it felt all but inescapable. Bering survived. And in addition to relief, the fading of his suicidal thoughts brought curiosity. Where had they come from? Would they return? Is the suicidal impulse found in other animals? Or is our vulnerability to suicide a uniquely human evolutionary development? In Suicidal, Bering answers all these questions and more, taking us through the science and psychology of suicide, revealing its cognitive secrets and the subtle tricks our minds play on us when we’re easy emotional prey. Scientific studies, personal stories, and remarkable cross-species comparisons come together to help readers critically analyze their own doomsday thoughts while gaining broad insight into a problem that, tragically, will most likely touch all of us at some point in our lives. But while the subject is certainly a heavy one, Bering’s touch is light. Having been through this himself, he knows that sometimes the most effective response to our darkest moments is a gentle humor, one that, while not denying the seriousness of suffering, at the same time acknowledges our complicated, flawed, and yet precious existence. Authoritative, accessible, personal, profound—there’s never been a book on suicide like this. It will help you understand yourself and your loved ones, and it will change the way you think about this most vexing of human problems.

Author : Allan V. Horwitz
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781421440699

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DSM by Allan V. Horwitz Pdf

Diagnosing Mental Illness -- The Initial DSMs -- The Path to a Diagnostic Revolution -- The DSM-III -- The DSM-IIIR and DSM-IV -- The DSM-5's Failed Revolution -- The DSM as a Social Creation.

Author : Liu-Qin Yang,Russell Cropanzano,Catherine S. Daus,Vicente Martínez-Tur
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781108494038

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The Cambridge Handbook of Workplace Affect by Liu-Qin Yang,Russell Cropanzano,Catherine S. Daus,Vicente Martínez-Tur Pdf

Are you struggling to improve a hostile or uncomfortable environment at work, or interested in how such tension can arise? Experts in organizational psychology, management science, social psychology, and communication science show you how to implement interventions and programs to manage workplace emotion. The connection between workplace affect and relevant challenges in our society, such as diversity and technological changes, is undeniable; thus learning to harness that knowledge can revolutionize your performance in tackling workday issues. Applying major theoretical perspectives and research methodologies, this book outlines the concepts of display rules, emotional labor, work motivation, well-being, and discrete emotions. Understanding these ideas will show you how affect can promote team effectiveness, leadership, and conflict resolution. If you require a foundation for understanding workplace affect or a springboard into deeper, more interdisciplinary research, this book presents an integrative approach that is indispensable.

Author : Michelle O'Reilly,Jessica Nina Lester
Publisher : Springer
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783319600956

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Examining Mental Health through Social Constructionism by Michelle O'Reilly,Jessica Nina Lester Pdf

This book explores social constructionism and the language of mental distress. Mental health research has traditionally been dominated by genetic and biomedical explanations that provide only partial explanations. However, process research that utilises qualitative methods has grown in popularity. Situated within this new strand of research, the authors examine and critically assess some of the different contributions that social constructionism has made to the study of mental distress and to how those diagnosed are conceptualized and labeled. This will be an invaluable introduction and source of practical strategies for academics, researchers and students as well as clinical practitioners, mental health professionals, and others working with mental health such as educationalists and social workers.