Paradigms Lost, Paradigms Found: Lessons Learned in the Fight Against the Stigma of Mental Illness

Paradigms Lost, Paradigms Found: Lessons Learned in the Fight Against the Stigma of Mental Illness
ISBN-10
0197555802
ISBN-13
9780197555804
Category
Medical
Language
English
Published
2022
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Norman Sartorius, Heather Stuart

Description

"In the history of medicine, few conditions other than mental illnesses have cast such a pall on an individual, their family, health providers, health systems, and health research. In addition to having serious consequences for one's social identity, having a mental illness or substance use disorder results in structural inequities that impinge on one's health, longevity, quality of life, social welfare, civic participation, and access to resources. Stigma also casts a long shadow, affecting all of the supports and structures that people with mental illnesses need in order to recover and embrace socially meaningful roles and relationships. [2] This chapter provides an overview of the nature and nurture of stigma from the era of the asylum to our current recovery paradigm"--

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