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Shunned

Shunned

Discrimination against people with mental illness

9780198570981
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People with mental illness commonly describe the stigma and discrimination they face as being worse than their main condition. Discrimination can pervade every part of their daily life - their personal life, working life, sense of citizenship, their ability to maintain even a basic standard of living. Though things have certainly improved in the past 50 years, discrimination against the mentally ill is still a major problem throughout the world. It can manifest itself in subtleways, such as the terminology used to describe the person or their illness, or in more obvious ways - by the way the mentally ill might be treated and deprived of basic human rights. Should we just accept such discrimination as deeply rooted and resistant to change, or is this something that we cancollectively change if we understand and commit ourselves to tackling the problem?Shunned presents clearly for a wide readership information about the nature and severity of discrimination against people with mental illness and what can be done to reduce this. The book features many quotations from people with mental illness showing how this has affected their home, personal, social, and working life. After showing, both from personal accounts and from a thorough review of the literature, the nature of discrimination, the book sets out a clear manifesto for change.Written by a leading figure in mental health in a lively and accessible manner, the book presents a fascinating and humane portrayal of the problem of stigma and discrimination, and shows how we can work to reduce it.
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OUP Oxford
85470
9780198570981
9780198570981

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Publication date
2006
Issue number
1
Cover
paperback
Pages count
322
Dimensions (mm)
156 x 232
Weight (g)
497
  • Foreword by Judi Chamberlin; Close to home: family, housing and neighbours; Getting personal: friendships, intimate relationships and childcare; Its not working: discrimination and employment; By a process of exclusion: discrimination in civil and social life; Harmful helpers: discrimination in health and social care; Profiting from prejudice: mental illness in the media; Danger or disinformation: the facts about violence and mental illness; Why try? Self-stigmatisation, avoidance and withdrawal; From stigma to ignorance, prejudice and discrimination; What works to reduce discrimination? Challenges for service users; What works to reduce discrimination? Challenges for everyone;
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