Destigmatising mental illness?

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

by Long, Vicky

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Examines mental healthcare workers' efforts to educate the public between 1870 and 1970.

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  • Full title :Destigmatising mental illness? : Professional politics and public education in Britain, 1870-1970.

Summary

Examines mental healthcare workers' efforts to educate the public between 1870 and 1970.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 ressource en ligne (273 pages).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781526103253, 1526103257, 9781781707784, 1781707782
  • oclc:on1090470649
  • LC Classification:RA790.7.G7.L664 2014
  • Dewey Decimal:362.20941

Table of Contents

Cover; Destigmatising mental illness?; Contents; List of figures; Series editors' foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations ; 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?Timeline: key dates; Bibliography; Index.

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Subjects

Attitude to Health Attitudes à l'égard de la santé Great Britain 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 Ressources Internet Santé mentale -- Histoire -- 19e siècle… Social Stigma United Kingdom

Writers

Long, Vicky Anderson, Julie Schalick, Walton

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