Destigmatising mental illness?: professional politics and public education in Britain 1870-1970

by Long, Vicky

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Title Statements

Full title :Destigmatising mental illness? : professional politics and public education in Britain 1870-1970 / Vicky Long.

Summary

This historical study of mental healthcare workers' efforts to educate the public challenges the supposition that public prejudice generates the stigma of mental illness. Drawing on extensive archival research, this book argues that psychiatrists, nurses and social workers generated representations of mental illness which reflected their professional aspirations, economic motivations and perceptions of the public. Sharing in the stigma of their patients, healthcare workers sought to enhance the prestige of their professions by focussing upon the ability of psychiatry to effectively treat acute cases of mental disturbance. As a consequence, healthcare workers inadvertently reinforced the stigma attached to serious and enduring mental distress. This book makes a major contribution to the history of mental healthcare, and critiques current campaigns which seek to end mental health discrimination for failing to address the political, economic and social factors which fuel discrimination. It will appeal to academics, students, healthcare practitioners and service users.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Manchester University Press
Place of Publication:Manchester
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 256 pages : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780719085819, 0719085810
oclc:ocn870199198
LC Classification:RA790.7.G7
Dewey Decimal:362.20941

Psychiatrists and their patients : mirrored narratives of sanity and madness -- Insecure professionals and the public -- Challenging the stigma of mental illness through new therapeutic approaches -- Mad, bad and dangerous to know? Men, women and mental illness -- 'The personal touch' : voluntarism, the public and mental illness -- 'The public must be wooed and enticed with entertainment and buns' : healthcare professionals and the BBC.

Subjects

Attitude to Health Attitudes à l'égard de la santé Great Britain Grossbritannien Health attitudes Health Education -- history History History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Médecine -- Histoire -- 19e siècle Médecine -- Histoire -- 20e siècle Mental Disorders -- history Mental health Mental health -- History -- 19th centur… Mentally Ill Persons Professionalisierung Psychiater psychiatrie Psychische Störung Santé mentale -- Histoire -- 19e siècle…