Paradigms lost [electronic resource] : fighting stigma and the lessons learned / Heather Stuart, Julio Arboleda-Flórez, Norman Sartorius.
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
c2012.
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Paradigms Lost: Fighting Stigma and the Lessons Learned |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- Introduction : the nature and nurture of stigma
- Paradigm 1: Developed countries have eradicated systemic discrimination on the grounds of mental illness
- Paradigm 2: In developing countries, people with mental illnesses are not stigmatized
- Paradigm 3: The fight against stigma must be based on well-developed long term specific and comprehensive plans
- Paradigm 4: Scientific evidence will best define the targets of anti-stigma work
- Paradigm 5: Mental health professionals should lead anti-stigma programs
- Paradigm 6: Improving knowledge about mental illnesses will reduce stigma and discrimination
- Paradigm 7: An anti-stigma program is successful if it changes attitudes
- Paradigm 8: Community care for the mentally ill will destigmatize mental illness and psychiatry
- Paradigm 9: Campaigns are an excellent way of reducing stigma
- Paradigm 10: Anti-stigma programs should be built on the premise that mental illness is like any other illness
- Paradigm 11: The stigma of mental illness is too deeply ingrained to prevent or reduce it
- Summary of Part 1
- Getting going
- Identifying program priorities
- Program development
- Program monitoring and evaluation.