Challenging the Stigma of Mental Illness

Challenging the Stigma of Mental Illness offers practicalstrategies for addressing the harmful effects of stigma attached tomental illness. It considers both major forms of stigma: publicstigma, which is prejudice and discrimination endorsed by thegeneral population; and self-stigma, the loss of self-esteem andefficacy that occurs when an individual internalizes prejudice anddiscrimination. * Invaluable guide for professionals and volunteers working inany capacity to challenge discrimination against mentalillness * Contains practical worksheets and intervention guidelines tofacilitate the implementation of specific anti-stigmaapproaches * Authors are highly experienced and respected experts in thefield of mental illness stigma research

Patrick W. Corrigan is Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean for Research in the Institute of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology. Previously, he was principal investigator of the Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research, the only NIMH-funded research centre examining the stigma of mental illness. He is Editor of the American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation . David Roe is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Community Mental Health, University of Haifa, Israel. He serves on the editorial board of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal , American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences .A Hector W. H. Tsang is Associate Professor and Program Director for the BSc in Occupational Therapy at the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Occupational Th e rapy , American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling.

Overall this is a very inspiring book that demands aresponse to an important issue which is often overlooked ormisunderstood. (Journal of Mental Health, 1 May2013)

In Challenging the Stigma of Mental Illness, PatrickCorrigan and colleagues seek to provide a practically focused textthat is grounded in the experience and narratives of those who havestruggled with the impact of stigma on their lives. Aparticular strength is that it does not shy away from some moredifficult areas such as recognising that mental healthprofessionals may be complicit in othering peoplewith mental health difficulties to much the same extent as thegeneral population. (Oxford Journals Clippings,4 May 2012)"Overall, the authors provide thorough coverage of the majoraspects of stigma and stigma reduction efforts in an easy-to-useformat." (PsycCRITIQUES, 29 February 2012)

"Overall, I think the intentions of the authors are honourableand the books includes good suggestions on how to tackle thewidespread problems of stigma. These range from small tasks thatpeople could carry out in daily life to large changes required atgovernment level." (The Psychiatrist, 1 December 2011)

"This is a book that would be ideal for an undergraduate healthprofessional program, and could provide a valuable basis forcoursework, such as developing an anti-stigma intervention, orsimply a class discussion about the reality of stigma."(Metapsychology Online Reviews, 29 November 2011)

"In this unique text aimed at therapists, those in helpingprofessions, patients, and families in the US and Europe, Corrigan(psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology) et al. outlinepractical strategies for addressing the major forms of stigma ofmental illness: public stigma, prejudice and discriminationendorsed by general society; self-stigma, the loss of self-esteemand efficacy that occurs when a person internalizes prejudice anddiscrimination; and structural stigmas, the social forces shaped bypublic stigma ... some sections of the book were taken fromCorrigan and Rob