Title The image of madness : the public facing mental illness and psychiatric treatment / editors, Jose Guimon, Werner Fischer, Norman Sartorius

Published Basel ; New York : Karger, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 246 pages) : illustrations Summary Negative moral judgements seem to have been a constant fixture in the way societies and cultures have regarded groups displaying deviant behavior. This is particularly true of the mentally ill. Stereotypes are most ingrained for mental pathologies with heightened visibility in society, such as schizophrenia. Preconceived notions about danger, occult powers and mysterious malevolence which hover over the illness, contribute to the total debasement of the patient. Persons suffering from other forms of mental illness are stigmatized to a lesser degree. But the threat is real that labeling will extend to every endeavor linked to mental illness: care facilities, professionals, therapies in general and psychotropic medication in particular. Lay belief in the existence of important side-effects to this medication and public fears about the risk of addiction form the basis of very restricted, or even hostile, attitudes towards it and result in weak compliance. Inversely, psychotherapy now seems widely accepted and different forms of intervention have contributed to de-stigmatizing psychiatric illness and to stop the exclusion of patients. This book is of interest not only to psychiatrists, but also to mental health workers, psychologists, social scientists and social workers who wish to alter common precepts and prejudices regarding psychiatric disorders Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Mental illness -- Public opinion. Mental illness -- Chemotherapy -- Public opinion Health attitudes. Attitude to Health Mental Disorders -- psychology Public Opinion Health attitudes Mental illness -- Public opinion Einstellung Psychische Störung Psychopharmakotherapie Öffentlichkeit Psychische stoornissen. Stereotypen. Publieke opinie. Psychiatrische patiënten. Psychische Krankheit -- Öffentlichkeit -- Einstellung -- Aufsatzsammlung. Öffentlichkeit -- Einstellung -- Psychische Krankheit -- Aufsatzsammlung. Einstellung -- Öffentlichkeit -- Psychische Krankheit -- Aufsatzsammlung. Psychopharmakotherapie -- Öffentlichkeit -- Einstellung -- Aufsatzsammlung. Öffentlichkeit -- Einstellung -- Psychopharmakotherapie -- Aufsatzsammlung. Einstellung -- Öffentlichkeit -- Psychopharmakotherapie -- Aufsatzsammlung. Form Electronic book Author Guimón, J Fischer, Werner Sartorius, N S. Karger (Firm) ISBN 9783318004120 331800412X

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