TY  - BOOK
AU  - Philip T Yanos
TI  - Written Off: : Mental Health Stigma and the loss of Human Potential
SN  - 9781107196957
U1  - 616.89 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Mental health
N2  - Written-Off tells the story of how mental health stigma comes to have a profound impact on the lives of people diagnosed with mental illnesses. It reviews theory, research, and history - illustrated with a multitude of personal stories - in four major areas. These areas are: the prevalence and predictors of negative attitudes and behaviors toward mental illness, the impact of community attitudes and behaviors on the self-perceptions of people diagnosed with mental illness, the impact of self-perceptions on the community participation of people diagnosed with mental illness, and how to change self-perceptions through a variety of approaches

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