The stigma of mental illness -- end of the story?. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Wolfgang Gaebel, Wulf Rössler, Norman Sartorius, editors.
• Editors: Gaebel, Wolfgang; Rössler, Wulf; Sartorius, N
• Contents: Contributors; Introduction; References; Part I: Stigma and Discrimination: Different Perspectives; 1: On Revisiting Some Origins of the Stigma Concept as It Applies to Mental Illnesses; Background; Some Indicators of the Growth of the Stigma Concept; The Stigma Concept Before Goffman; Early Use of the Stigma Concept; Explicit Conceptual Explorations of the Mental Illness Stigma Concept Before Goffman; Attitudes Toward Mental Illnesses in the 1950s and 1960s; Star's 1950 Nationwide Study in the United States; Cumming and Cumming Effort to Change Attitudes (1952-1953). The Opinions About Mental Illness Scale (OMI) Other Pre-Goffman Scholars; Goffman's Contributions; The Post-Goffman Era: 1966-1999; The Labeling Debate; Modified Labeling Theory; Labeling as a "Package Deal"; Social Psychological Approaches to Stigma in the 1960s; The Emergence of Stigma Research in the European Context; A Focus on the Media; The Global Spread of Research and Action Addressing Stigma; Conclusion; References; 2: Stigma and Stigmatization Within and Beyond Psychiatry; Goffman and Stigma; Incompatibility and Relativity of Attributes; Traditions of Stigmatization. Roots of Stigmatization The Process of Stigmatization; Types of Stigma; Stigma at Birth; Stigma Through Illness; Outsider: The Stigma of Affiliation; Stigmatized People: Discredited and Discreditable; Stigmatization, Marginalization, and Social Solidarity; Social Exploitations and Prejudices; Final Remarks; Literature; 3: Structures and Types of Stigma; Social Psychological Structures; Stereotypes and Prejudice; Moderators of Stigma Development; Discrimination; Interactional Discrimination; Types of Stigma; Self-Stigma; Label Avoidance; Structural Stigma; Courtesy Stigma. Double Stigma Stigma Power; Automatic Stigma; Stigma Across Diagnoses; Stigma of Suicide; Summary; References; 4: Stigma in Different Cultures; Introduction; Notions of 'Mental Illness' and Causal Attributions; The Meaning of Stigma and the Impairments Caused by Mental Disorders; Notions of Personhood and Patterns of Social Cohesion; 'Culture' and the Role of Other Contextual Factors; Global Patterns of Stigma and Discrimination; Measuring Stigma in Different Cultural Contexts; Challenges Encountered when Measuring Stigma in Different Cultural Contexts. Developing or Adapting Stigma Interventions for Different Cultural Contexts Lessons from Adapting Stigma Interventions for Different Cultural Contexts; Discussion; References; 5: Disorder-specific Differences; Introduction; General Public; Public Knowledge, Attitudes and Intended Behaviour; Mass Media Representation; Experiences of Discrimination; Health Professionals; Self-Harm and Borderline Personality Disorder; Stigma Reduction Interventions for Specific Disorders; Schizophrenia; 'Open the Doors'; Austria; Germany; Depression; Defeat Depression.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 656 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.89; Medicine; Mental illness -- Social aspects; Mental illness -- Public opinion; Mental Disorders; Social Discrimination -- prevention & control; Social Stigma; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Mental illness -- Public opinion; Mental illness -- Social aspects; Psychology -- Personality; The self, ego, identity, personality; Psychiatry; Consciousness; Medical -- Psychiatry -- General; Psychiatry; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319278391; 3319278398
• Related ISBNs: 9783319278377; 3319278371
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Springer Link, viewed August 23, 2016).
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