Destigmatising mental illness? : Professional politics and public education in Britain, 1870-1970.
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TextSeries: Disability History MUPPublication details: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (273 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781526103253
- 1526103257
- 9781781707784
- 1781707782
- 9781781706404
- 1781706409
- Mental health -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Health attitudes
- Social Stigma
- Mental Disorders -- history
- Mentally Ill Persons
- History, 20th Century
- Health Education -- history
- Attitude to Health
- History, 19th Century
- United Kingdom
- Santé mentale -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Médecine -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Attitudes à l'égard de la santé
- Médecine -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- History Of Medicine
- MEDICAL -- History
- Mental health
- Great Britain
- Psychiatrie
- Psychiater
- Professionalisierung
- Psychische Störung
- Stigmatisierung
- Sozialer Wandel
- Großbritannien
- 1800-1899
- 362.20941 23
- RA790.7.G7.L664 2014
- 2014 M-633
- WM 11 FA1
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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.
Examines mental healthcare workers' efforts to educate the public between 1870 and 1970.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In English.
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