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Contributors; Introduction; References; Part I: Stigma and Discrimination: Different Perspectives; 1: On Revisiting Some Origins of the Stigma Concept as It Applies to Mental Illnesses; Background; Some Indicators of the Growth of the Stigma Concept; The Stigma Concept Before Goffman; Early Use of the Stigma Concept; Explicit Conceptual Explorations of the Mental Illness Stigma Concept Before Goffman; Attitudes Toward Mental Illnesses in the 1950s and 1960s; Star's 1950 Nationwide Study in the United States; Cumming and Cumming Effort to Change Attitudes (1952-1953)

Developing or Adapting Stigma Interventions for Different Cultural Contexts Lessons from Adapting Stigma Interventions for Different Cultural Contexts; Discussion; References; 5: Disorder-specific Differences; Introduction; General Public; Public Knowledge, Attitudes and Intended Behaviour; Mass Media Representation; Experiences of Discrimination; Health Professionals; Self-Harm and Borderline Personality Disorder; Stigma Reduction Interventions for Specific Disorders; Schizophrenia; 'Open the Doors'; Austria; Germany; Depression; Defeat Depression

Double Stigma Stigma Power; Automatic Stigma; Stigma Across Diagnoses; Stigma of Suicide; Summary; References; 4: Stigma in Different Cultures; Introduction; Notions of 'Mental Illness' and Causal Attributions; The Meaning of Stigma and the Impairments Caused by Mental Disorders; Notions of Personhood and Patterns of Social Cohesion; 'Culture' and the Role of Other Contextual Factors; Global Patterns of Stigma and Discrimination; Measuring Stigma in Different Cultural Contexts; Challenges Encountered when Measuring Stigma in Different Cultural Contexts

Roots of Stigmatization The Process of Stigmatization; Types of Stigma; Stigma at Birth; Stigma Through Illness; Outsider: The Stigma of Affiliation; Stigmatized People: Discredited and Discreditable; Stigmatization, Marginalization, and Social Solidarity; Social Exploitations and Prejudices; Final Remarks; Literature; 3: Structures and Types of Stigma; Social Psychological Structures; Stereotypes and Prejudice; Moderators of Stigma Development; Discrimination; Interactional Discrimination; Types of Stigma; Self-Stigma; Label Avoidance; Structural Stigma; Courtesy Stigma

The Opinions About Mental Illness Scale (OMI) Other Pre-Goffman Scholars; Goffman's Contributions; The Post-Goffman Era: 1966-1999; The Labeling Debate; Modified Labeling Theory; Labeling as a "Package Deal"; Social Psychological Approaches to Stigma in the 1960s; The Emergence of Stigma Research in the European Context; A Focus on the Media; The Global Spread of Research and Action Addressing Stigma; Conclusion; References; 2: Stigma and Stigmatization Within and Beyond Psychiatry; Goffman and Stigma; Incompatibility and Relativity of Attributes; Traditions of Stigmatization

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.