Every Family in the Land
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Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination Against People with Mental Illness Professor Arthur Crisp Chairman. 'Changing Minds' Campaign, RCPsych £35.00, 978-1-85315-573-4, 400pp, Paperback, October 2003 |
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"It contains a wealth of information, views and personal experiences of the effects of stigma and is a readable and rich resource for information and understanding about the issues of stigma and mental illness."
This is a revised edition of a valuable collection of over 80 learned articles, personal perspectives, and commentaries designed to shed light on the most common mental disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, alcohol or drug misuse, eating disorders, anxiety and depressive disorders in the hope of dispelling some of the stigma which attaches to them. It has been produced as part of the Royal College of Psychiatrists anti-stigma campaign, ‘Changing Minds’ and covers issues including:
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The history and stigmatisation of the mentally ill |
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People's perceptions of the mentally 'ill' and experiences of users and carers |
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Self-inflictions, social adaptation or biological destiny? |
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Models of psychopathology and their relationship to stigmatisation |
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Creativity, spirituality and mental disorder |
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Strategies to tackle stigmatisation and discrimination |
The Royal College of Psychiatrists 'Changing Minds' campaign
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