Corrigan, Patrick W., <br/><br/>
The stigma effect :  unintended consequences of mental health campaigns / 
Patrick W. Corrigan. 
 - New York :  Columbia University Press,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource (xx, 223 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Who is the person with serious mental illness? --  What is the stigma of mental illness? --  Three competing agendas to erase stigma --  It's much more than changing words --  Protest : just say no to stigma --  Beware the educational fix --  Beating stigma person to person --  Lessons learned for future advocacy. 
<br/><br/> In The Stigma Effect, psychologist Patrick W. Corrigan examines the unintended consequences of mental health campaigns and proposes new policies in their place. He argues that effective strategies require leadership by those with lived experience, as their stories replace ideas of incompetence and dangerousness with ones of hope and empowerment. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231545006 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mental illness.<br/>Social psychiatry.<br/>Stigma (Social psychology)<br/>Psychology, Pathological--Psychology.<br/>Mental Disorders--psychology.<br/>Social Stigma.<br/>Mentally Ill Persons--psychology.<br/>Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC455  / .S754 2018