The Stigma of Disease and Disability
Understanding Causes and Overcoming Injustices
Published on 15. December 2013
Book
Hardback
319 pages
978-1-4338-1583-6 (ISBN)
Description
People with physical or mental disabilities such as HIV, substance abuse, cancer, or depression are negatively affected not only by the disease, but also by others amp rsquo negative reactions to it. This humane book prepares advocates and health care professionals to more effectively fight the social injustice of stigma and better support the families of those with disabilities.
Readers will gain a solid understanding of the common experience of stigma as well as how to combat prejudiced responses to specific disabilities, including childhood disorders, obesity, and Alzheimer amp rsquo s disease.
Readers will gain a solid understanding of the common experience of stigma as well as how to combat prejudiced responses to specific disabilities, including childhood disorders, obesity, and Alzheimer amp rsquo s disease.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 261 mm
Width: 184 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
751 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4338-1583-6 (9781433815836)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Patrick W. Corrigan, PsyD, is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Prior to that, Dr. Corrigan was the executive director of the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at the University of Chicago, where he was also a professor of psychiatry.
A licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Corrigan has been setting up and providing services for people with serious mental illnesses and their families for more than 3 years. He has been the principal investigator of federally funded studies on rehabilitation and consumer operated services. In 2 , he became principal investigator of the Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research, the only National Institute of Mental Health-funded research center examining the stigma of mental illness. (The consortium evolved into the National Consortium on Stigma and Empowerment, also supported by the National Institute of Mental Health.)
In 2 3, Dr. Corrigan took the helm of a grant funded by the National Institutes of Health on peer navigators, meant to enhance the integrated care needs of homeless African Americans with mental illness. He has authored or edited 2 books and more than 3 articles, and is the editor of the American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
A licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Corrigan has been setting up and providing services for people with serious mental illnesses and their families for more than 3 years. He has been the principal investigator of federally funded studies on rehabilitation and consumer operated services. In 2 , he became principal investigator of the Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research, the only National Institute of Mental Health-funded research center examining the stigma of mental illness. (The consortium evolved into the National Consortium on Stigma and Empowerment, also supported by the National Institute of Mental Health.)
In 2 3, Dr. Corrigan took the helm of a grant funded by the National Institutes of Health on peer navigators, meant to enhance the integrated care needs of homeless African Americans with mental illness. He has authored or edited 2 books and more than 3 articles, and is the editor of the American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
Content
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Patrick W. Corrigan
I. Stigma in Diseases and Disabilities
Understanding Stigma
Nev Jones and Patrick W. Corrigan
Mental Illness Stigma: Types, Constructs, and Vehicles for Change
Patrick W. Corrigan and Kristin A. Kosyluk
The Stigma of Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse
Georg Schomerus
Stigma in the Field of Intellectual Disabilities: Impact and Initiatives for Change
Shirli Werner and Dana Roth
Stigma Related to Physical and Sensory Disabilities
Hanoch Livneh, Fong Chan, and Cahit Kaya
HIV-Related Stigma
Gregory M. Herek
Infectious Diseases: A Case Study of Leprosy-Related Stigma
Wim H. van Brakel and Beatriz Miranda Galarza
Cancer Stigma
Nicole M. Else-Quest and Tracy L. Jackson
The Nature, Consequences, and Public Health Implications of Obesity Stigma
Rebecca M. Puhl and Jamie Lee Peterson
Stigma Associated With Disease and Disability During Childhood and Adolescence: A Developmental Approach
Caroline Heary, Eilis Hennessy, and Lorraine Swords
Stigma and Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review of Evidence, Theory, and Methods
Perla Werner
II. Stigma and Action
Stigma and Family
Tally Moses
Overcoming Stigma
David Roe, Paul H. Lysaker, and Philip T. Yanos
Stigma Across Cultures
Deepa Rao and Dellanira Valencia-Garcia
Afterword: A Critical Eye for Stigma Change
Patrick W. Corrigan
Index
About the Editor
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Patrick W. Corrigan
I. Stigma in Diseases and Disabilities
Understanding Stigma
Nev Jones and Patrick W. Corrigan
Mental Illness Stigma: Types, Constructs, and Vehicles for Change
Patrick W. Corrigan and Kristin A. Kosyluk
The Stigma of Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse
Georg Schomerus
Stigma in the Field of Intellectual Disabilities: Impact and Initiatives for Change
Shirli Werner and Dana Roth
Stigma Related to Physical and Sensory Disabilities
Hanoch Livneh, Fong Chan, and Cahit Kaya
HIV-Related Stigma
Gregory M. Herek
Infectious Diseases: A Case Study of Leprosy-Related Stigma
Wim H. van Brakel and Beatriz Miranda Galarza
Cancer Stigma
Nicole M. Else-Quest and Tracy L. Jackson
The Nature, Consequences, and Public Health Implications of Obesity Stigma
Rebecca M. Puhl and Jamie Lee Peterson
Stigma Associated With Disease and Disability During Childhood and Adolescence: A Developmental Approach
Caroline Heary, Eilis Hennessy, and Lorraine Swords
Stigma and Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review of Evidence, Theory, and Methods
Perla Werner
II. Stigma and Action
Stigma and Family
Tally Moses
Overcoming Stigma
David Roe, Paul H. Lysaker, and Philip T. Yanos
Stigma Across Cultures
Deepa Rao and Dellanira Valencia-Garcia
Afterword: A Critical Eye for Stigma Change
Patrick W. Corrigan
Index
About the Editor