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.

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 ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0719085810, 9780719085819
oclc:on1042944657
LC Classification:RA790.7.G7

Introduction -- 1. Psychiatrists and their patients: mirrored narratives of sanity and madness -- 2. Insecure professionals and the public -- 3. Challenging the stigma of mental illness through new therapeutic approaches -- 4. Mad, bad and dangerous to know? Men, women and mental illness -- 5. "The personal touch": voluntarism, the public and mental illness -- 6. "The public must be wooed and enticed with entertainment and buns": healthcare professionals and the BBC -- Conclusion: is it time to change our approach to anti-stigma campaigns?

Subjects

Attitude to Health -- Great Britain Éducation sanitaire -- Histoire. -- Gra… Great Britain Health Education Health education -- History. -- Great B… History History, 19th Century -- Great Britain History, 20th Century -- Great Britain Maladies mentales -- 19e siècle. -- Gra… Maladies mentales -- 20e siècle. -- Gra… Mental Disorders -- history -- Great Br… Mental health Mental health -- History -- 19th centur… Mentally Ill Persons -- Great Britain Psychiatrie -- Historiographie -- Grand… Santé mentale -- Histoire -- 19e siècle… Social Stigma -- Great Britain Stigmatisation (psychologie sociale) --…