Title The stigma effect : unintended consequences of mental health campaigns / Patrick W. Corrigan.

Publication Info.	New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
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Description	1 online resource (xx, 223 pages)
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Who is the person with serious mental illness? -- What is the stigma of mental illness? -- Three competing agendas to erase stigma -- It's much more than changing words -- Protest : just say no to stigma -- Beware the educational fix -- Beating stigma person to person -- Lessons learned for future advocacy.
Note	Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost, viewed August 6, 2019).
Summary	In The Stigma Effect, psychologist Patrick W. Corrigan examines the unintended consequences of mental health campaigns and proposes new policies in their place. He argues that effective strategies require leadership by those with lived experience, as their stories replace ideas of incompetence and dangerousness with ones of hope and empowerment.
Subject	Mental illness.
	Social psychiatry.
	Stigma (Social psychology)
	Psychology, Pathological -- Psychology.
	Mental Disorders -- psychology.
	Social Stigma.
	Mentally Ill Persons -- psychology.
	Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
	MEDICAL -- Public Health.
	Stigma (Social psychology) (OCoLC)fst01133365
	Mental illness. (OCoLC)fst01016547
	Social psychiatry. (OCoLC)fst01122811
Other Form:	Print version: Corrigan, Patrick W. Stigma effect. New York : Columbia University Press, [2018] 9780231183567 (DLC) 2018004624 (OCoLC)1035444343
ISBN	9780231545006 (electronic book)
	0231545002 (electronic book)
	9780231183567 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
	9780231183574 (paperback ; alkaline paper)

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