Millions of people and their families are affected by mental illness; it causes untold pain and
severely impairs their ability to function in the world. In recent years, we have begun to …

Challenging the Stigma of Mental Illness offers practical strategies for addressing the
harmful effects of stigma attached to mental illness. It considers both major forms of stigma …

As a disability type, mental illness encompasses a wide array of diagnoses with unique
constellations of symptoms, challenges, and abilities. Here we discuss serious mental …

Written-Off tells the story of how mental health stigma comes to have a profound impact on
the lives of people diagnosed with mental illnesses. It reviews theory, research, and history …

A compassionate and captivating examination of evolving attitudes toward mental illness
throughout history and the fight to end the stigma. For centuries, scientists and society cast …

Our paper provides an overview of current stigma discourse, the origins and nature of the
stigma associated with mental illnesses, stigmatization by health providers, and approaches …

This chapter begins with a simple question: What is mental illness? After a brief review of the
phenomenology and epidemiology, the authors address a question relevant to stigma: Do …

Background: This paper seeks to answer two fundamental questions: What is the basis of
the current form of mental illness stigma? and Why do western cultures stereotype people …

T:\he US Surgeon General's report on men tal health (1999) and the report of Presi dent
Bush's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (2003) highlighted the public health …

Individuals with mental illness receive harsh stigmatization, resulting in decreased life
opportunities and a loss of independent functioning over and above the impairments related …