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Section 1: Stigma − ignorance, prejudice or discrimination?

(1.1) Section 1: Stigma − ignorance, prejudice or discrimination?

(1.2) The prevalence and treatment of mental illness

(1.3) Clinician's Attitudes (MICA) Scale

(1.4) Mental illness and stigma

(1.5) Stigma across different mental illnesses in Britain

(1.6) Stigma across different mental illnesses in Britain

(1.7) Stigma across different mental illnesses in Britain

(1.8) Stigma of other mental disorders

(1.9) Stigma of other mental disorders

(1.10) Stigma of other mental disorders

(1.11) Defining key terms

(1.12) Models of stigma (I)

(1.13) Models of stigma (II)

(1.14) Problems with current models

(1.15) The three core problems

(1.16) Section 1: Recap

(1.17) Section 1: Summary

 

Section 2: Stigma and its impact on the private life of people with mental illness

(2.1) Section 2: Stigma and its impact on the private life of people with mental illness

(2.2) Self-stigma

(2.3) Video: Having a mental illness can be hard to admit

(2.4) Family reactions

(2.5) Family: stigma by association

(2.6) Friends and neighbours

(2.7) Intimate relationships

(2.8) Marriage, divorce and separation

(2.9) Children and parenting

(2.10) Section 2: Recap

(2.11) Section 2: Summary

 

Section 3: Stigma and its impact on the public life of people with mental illness

(3.1) Section 3: Stigma and its impact on the public life of people with mental illness  

(3.2) Media

(3.3) Work and employment

(3.4) Work and employment

(3.5) Work and employment

(3.6) Housing

(3.7) Healthcare

(3.8) Healthcare

(3.9) Victimisation

(3.10) Victimisation

(3.11) Section 3: Recap

(3.12) Section 3: Summary

 

Section 4: What can be done to combat stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness?

(4.1) Section 4: What can be done to combat stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness?

(4.2) What people with mental illness can do to combat stigma

(4.3) What people with mental illness can do to combat stigma

(4.4) What people with mental illness can do to combat stigma

(4.5) What people with mental illness can do to combat stigma

(4.6) What psychiatrists and other mental health staff can do to combat stigma

(4.7) What psychiatrists and other mental health staff can do to combat stigma

(4.8) What the public at large can do to combat stigma

(4.9) Video: On the fear of stigma

(4.10) Section 4: Recap

(4.11) Section 4: Summary

 

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