Shunned : discrimination against people with mental illness / Graham Thornicroft.
Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: xviii, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 019857097X (hardback)
- 0198570988 (paperback)
- 9780198570974
- 9780198570981
- 305.9/084 22
- RC454 .T4556 2006
- WM 29.5
Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | MHERC Discrimination | 305.9/084 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 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. | A40915707 |
Includes web resources.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Close to home : family, housing and neighbours -- Getting personal : friendships, intimate relationships and childcare -- It's 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 and anticipated discrimination -- From stigma to ignorance, prejudice and discrimination -- What works to reduce discrimination? : challenges for service users -- What works to reduce discrimination? : challenges for everyone.
1. Close to home : family, housing and neighbours -- 2. Getting personal : friendships, intimate relationships and childcare -- 3. It's not working : discrimination and employment -- 4. By a process of exclusion : discrimination in civil and social life -- 5. Harmful helpers : discrimination in health and social care -- 6. Profiting from prejudice : mental illness in the media -- 7. Danger or disinformation : the facts about violence and mental illness -- 8. 'Why try?' : self-stigmatisation and anticipated discrimination -- 9. From stigma to ignorance, prejudice and discrimination -- 10. What works to reduce discrimination? : challenges for service users -- 11. What works to reduce discrimination? : challenges for everyone.
Close to home : family, housing and neighbours -- Getting personal : friendships, intimate relationships and childcare -- It's 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? : selfstigmatisation, 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.
Foreword / Judi Chamberlin -- Acknowledgements -- List of illustrations -- 1. Close to home : family, housing and neighbours -- 2. Getting personal : friendships, intimate relationships and childcare -- 3. It's not working : discrimination and employment -- 4. By a process of exclusion : discrimination in civil and social life -- 5. Harmful helpers : discrimination in health and social care -- 6. Profiting from prejudice : mental illness in the media -- 7. Danger or disinformation : the facts about violence and mental illness -- 8. 'Why try?' : self-stigmatisation and anticipated discrimination -- 9. From stigma to ignorance, prejudice and discrimination -- 10. What works to reduce discrimination? : challenges for service users -- 11. What works to reduce discrimination? : challenges for everyone -- Appendix of Internet resources -- Index.
"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 direct quotations from people with mental illness, showing how this has affected their home, personal, social, and working life. After discussing, 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."--BOOK JACKET.