On the Stigma of Mental Illness : Practical Strategies for Research and Social Change,9781591471899

On the Stigma of Mental Illness : Practical Strategies for Research and Social Change

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781591471899
ISBN10: 1591471893
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-11-30
Publisher(s): Amer Psychological Assn
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Summary

Explores the causes and ramifications of mental illness stigma and possible means to eliminate it.

Table of Contents

Contributors ix
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 3(6)
I. Overview of the Problem 9(58)
Chapter 1. The Impact of Mental Illness Stigma
11(34)
Patrick W. Corrigan and Petra Kleinlein
Chapter 2. Methods for Studying Stigma and Mental Illness
45(22)
Kenneth A. Rasinski, Peter Viechnicki, and Colm O'Muircheartaigh
II. Understanding Mental Illness Stigma 67(170)
Chapter 3. First-Person Accounts of Stigma
69(30)
Beth Angell, Andrea Cooke, and Kelly Kovac
Chapter 4. Social Psychological Models of Mental Illness Stigma
99(30)
Victor Ottati, Galen V. Bodenhausen, and Leonard S. Newman
Chapter 5. Sociological Models of Mental Illness Stigma: Progress and Prospects
129(16)
Fred E. Markowitz
Chapter 6. A Social-Cognitive Model of Personal Responses to Stigma
145(20)
Amy C. Watson and L. Philip River
Chapter 7. Mental Illness and Dangerousness: Fact or Misperception, and Implications for Stigma
165(16)
Patrick W. Corrigan and Amy E. Cooper
Chapter 8. Senseless Crimes: Sin or Sickness? Implications for Mental Illness Stigma
181(16)
Patrick W. Corrigan and Amy C. Watson
Chapter 9. Stigma and the Police
197(22)
Amy C. Watson, Victor Ottati, Arthur Lurigio, and Mark Heyrman
Chapter 10. Stigma and Substance Use Disorders
219(18)
Kenneth A. Rasinski, Pamela Woll, and Andrea Cooke
III. Changing Mental Illness Stigma 237(76)
Chapter 11. Strategies for Assessing and Diminishing Self-Stigma
239(18)
Patrick W. Corrigan and Joseph D. Calabrese
Chapter 12. Dealing With Stigma Through Personal Disclosure
257(24)
Patrick W. Corrigan
Chapter 13. Challenging Public Stigma: A Targeted Approach
281(16)
Amy C. Watson and Patrick W. Corrigan
Chapter 14. Changing Stigma Through the Media
297(16)
Margaret Sullivan, Thomas Hamilton, and Herbert Allen
IV. Conclusion 313(8)
Chapter 15. Mental Illness Stigma as Social Injustice: Yet Another Dream to Be Achieved
315(6)
Patrick W. Corrigan
Author Index 321(16)
Subject Index 337(6)
About the Editor 343

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