Telling is risky business : mental health consumers confront stigma - Wahl, Otto F. (New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1999)
Foreword / Laura Lee Hall -- 1. One Person's Story -- 2. Mental Illness Stigma -- 3. Reaching Consumers -- 4. Isolation and Rejection -- 5. Discouragement and Lowered Goals -- 6. Discrimination -- 7. Indirect Stigma -- 8. Impact of Stigma -- 9. Strategies and Coping -- 10. Consumer Messages about Mental Illness -- 11. Cautions and Limitations -- 12. Resources for Fighting Stigma -- App. A. Characteristics of Survey Participants -- App. B. Survey Questionnaire -- App. C. Characteristics of Interviewees -- App. D. Responses to Stigma Items -- App. E. Responses to Discrimination Items.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-221) and index.
Keywords: Mental illness -- Public opinion; Psychiatry -- Public opinion; Stigma (Social psychology); Mental Disorders -- psychology; Mental illness -- Public opinion; Psychiatry -- Public opinion; Stigma (Social psychology)