The stigma of mental illness -- end of the story?

This Book Makes A Highly Innovative Contribution To Overcoming The Stigma And Discrimination Associated With Mental Illness -- Still The Heaviest Burden Both For Those Afflicted And Those Caring For Them. The Scene Is Set By The Presentation Of Different Fundamental Perspectives On The Problem Of Stigma And Discrimination By Researchers, Consumers, Families, And Human Rights Experts. Current Knowledge And Practice Used In Reducing Stigma Are Then Described, With Information On The Programmes Adopted Across The World And Their Utility, Feasibility, And Effectiveness. The Core Of The Volume Comprises Descriptions Of New Approaches And Innovative Programmes Specifically Designed To Overcome Stigma And Discrimination. In The Closing Part Of The Book, The Editors -- All Respected Experts In The Field -- Summarize Some Of The Most Important Evidence- And Experience-based Recommendations For Future Action To Successfully Rewrite The Long And Burdensome 'story' Of Mental Illness Stigma And Discrimination. -- Publisher's Description On Revisiting Some Origins Of The Stigma Concept As It Applies To Mental Illnesses / Bruce G. Link And Heather Stuart -- Stigma And Stigmatization Within And Beyond Psychiatry / Asmus Finzen -- Structures And Types Of Stigma Lindsay Sheehan, Katherine Nieweglowski, And Patrick W. Corrigan -- Stigma In Different Cultures / Mirja Koschorke [and Others] -- Disorder-specific Differences / Claire Henderson -- Who Is Contributing? Alexandre Andrade Loch And Wulf Rössler -- Discrimination And Stigma / Dzmitry Krupchanka And Graham Thornicroft -- The Influence Of Stigma On The Course Of Illness / Herald Zäske -- Changes Of Stigma Over Time / Georg Schomerus And Matthias C. Angermeyer -- The Viewpoint Of Gamian-europe / Pedro Manuel Ortiz Montellano -- The Role Of Family Caregivers: A Eufami Viewpoint / Bert Johnson -- Stigma, Human Rights And The Un Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities Peter Bartlett --^ Opening Doors: The Global Programme To Fight Stigma And Discrimination Because Of Schizophrenia / Heather Stuart -- Fighting Stigma In Canada: Opening Minds Anti-stigma Initiative / Shu-ping Chen [and Others] -- Like Minds, Like Mine: Seventeen Years Of Countering Stigma And Discrimination Against People With Experience Of Mental Distress In New Zealand / Ruth Cunningham, Debbie Patterson, And Sunny Collings -- Australian Country Perspective: The Work Of Beyondblue And Sane Australia / Georgie Harman And Jack Heather -- One Of Us: The National Campaign For Anti-stigma In Denmark / Joanne Bratbo And Anje Kare Vedelsby -- The Time To Change Programme To Reduce Stigma And Discrimination In England And Its Wider Context /claire Henderson, Sara Evans Lacko, And Graham Thornicroft -- See Change: The National Mental Health Stigma Reduction Partnership In Ireland / Khalil Coyle, Sorcha Lowry, And John Sanders -- See Me: Scotland Case Study / Judith Robertson --^ The German Mental Health Alliance / Astrid Ramge And Heike Becker -- Stigma In Midsize European Countries / Alina Beldie [and Others] -- Fields Of Intervention / Richard Warner -- Strategies To Reduce Mental Illness Stigma / Nicolas Rüsch And Ziyan Xu -- Irre Menschlich Hamburg - Example Of A Bottom-up Project / Thomas Bock [and Others] -- Illness Models And Stigma / Heinz Andreas -- What Has Proven Effective In Anti-stigma Programming / Heather Stuart -- What Has Not Been Effective In Reducing Stigma / Julio, Arboleda-flórez -- Closing Mental Health Gaps Through Tackling Stigma And Discrimination / Sue Bailey -- Improving Treatment, Prevention, And Rehabilitation / Wolfgang Gaebel [and Others] -- Stigma And Recovery / Elizabeth Flanagan, Anthony Pavlo, And Larry Davidson -- Stigma And The Renaming Of Schizophrenia / Toshimasa Maruta And Chichiro Matsumoto --^ Trialogue: An Exercise In Communication Between Users, Carers, And Professional Mental Health Workers Beyond Role Stereotypes / M. Amering -- Empowerment And Inclusion: The Introduction Of Peer Workers Into The Workforce / Geoff Shepherd And Julie Repper -- Targeting The Stigma Of Psychiatry And Psychiatrists / Ahmed Hankir, Antonio Ventriglio, And Dinesh Bhugra -- Exemplary Contribution Of Professional Scientific Organizations: The European Psychiatric Association / Marianne Kastrup, Andreas Heinz, And Danuta Wasserman -- Addressing Stigma: The Who Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020 / Shekar Saxena -- Conclusion And Recommendations For Future Action / Wolfgang Gaebel, Wulf Rössler, And Norman Sartorius. Wolfgang Gaebel, Wulf Roessler, Norman Sartorius, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 On Revisiting Some Origins of the Stigma Concept as It Applies to Mental Illnesses....Pages 3-28 Stigma and Stigmatization Within and Beyond Psychiatry....Pages 29-42 Structures and Types of Stigma....Pages 43-66 Stigma in Different Cultures....Pages 67-82 Disorder-specific Differences....Pages 83-109 Who Is Contributing?....Pages 111-121 Discrimination and Stigma....Pages 123-139 The Influence of Stigma on the Course of Illness....Pages 141-155 Changes of Stigma over Time....Pages 157-172 The Viewpoint of GAMIAN*-Europe....Pages 173-189 The Role of Family Caregivers: A EUFAMI Viewpoint....Pages 191-207 Stigma, Human Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities....Pages 209-223 Front Matter....Pages 225-225 Opening Doors: The Global Programme to Fight Stigma and Discrimination Because of Schizophrenia....Pages 227-235 Fighting Stigma in Canada: Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Initiative....Pages 237-261 Like Minds, Like Mine: Seventeen Years of Countering Stigma and Discrimination Against People with Experience of Mental Distress in New Zealand....Pages 263-287 Australian Country Perspective: The Work of beyondblue and SANE Australia....Pages 289-315 ONE OF US: The National Campaign for Anti-Stigma in Denmark....Pages 317-338 The Time to Change Programme to Reduce Stigma and Discrimination in England and Its Wider Context....Pages 339-356 See Change: The National Mental Health Stigma Reduction Partnership in Ireland....Pages 357-377 See Me: Scotland Case Study....Pages 379-403 Front Matter....Pages 225-225 The German Mental Health Alliance....Pages 405-416 Stigma in Midsize European Countries....Pages 417-432 Front Matter....Pages 433-433 Fields of Intervention....Pages 435-449 Strategies to Reduce Mental Illness Stigma....Pages 451-467 “Irre menschlich Hamburg” – An Example of a Bottom-Up Project....Pages 469-483 Illness Models and Stigma....Pages 485-493 Front Matter....Pages 495-495 What Has Proven Effective in Anti-Stigma Programming....Pages 497-514 What Has Not Been Effective in Reducing Stigma....Pages 515-530 Closing Mental Health Gaps Through Tackling Stigma and Discrimination....Pages 531-534 Front Matter....Pages 535-535 Improving Treatment, Prevention, and Rehabilitation....Pages 537-549 Stigma and Recovery....Pages 551-570 Stigma and the Renaming of Schizophrenia....Pages 571-579 Trialogue: An Exercise in Communication Between Users, Carers, and Professional Mental Health Workers Beyond Role Stereotypes....Pages 581-590 Empowerment and Inclusion: The Introduction of Peer Workers into the Workforce....Pages 591-612 Targeting the Stigma of Psychiatry and Psychiatrists....Pages 613-625 Exemplary Contribution of Professional Scientific Organizations: The European Psychiatric Association....Pages 627-633 Addressing Stigma: The WHO Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2020....Pages 635-640 Conclusion and Recommendations for Future Action....Pages 641-650 Back Matter....Pages 651-656