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Chapter-08 Stigma of Mental Illness

BOOK TITLE: Community Mental Health in India

Author
1. Murthy R Srinivasa
2. Loganathan Santosh
ISBN
9789350258057
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11688_8
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2012
Pages
23
Author Affiliations
1. The Association for the Mentally Challenged, Hosur Road (Near Kidwai Hospital), Dharmaram College PO, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, The Association for the Mentally Challenged, Hosur Road (Near Kidwai Hospital), Dharmaram College PO Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, The Association for the Mentally Challenged, Hosur Road (Near Kidwai Hospital), Dharmaram College PO, Bengaluru Karnataka, India, National Institute of Mental, Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Currently, Mental Health Advisor, The Association for the Mentally Challenged, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
2. Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Nallurahalli, Whitefield, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Chapter keywords
Stigma, schizophrenia, mental asylums, community-based care, Goffman’s seminal contribution, stereotypes, perceived stigma, courtesy stigma, iatrogenic stigma, criminalizing mental illness, childhood psychological disorders, qualitative research, WPA Global program, Goffman’s spoiled identity, electro-convulsive therapy, nonbiomedical explanatory models, chronic mental illness, mind-split-disease, marker, American psychiatric association, mental health advocacy, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, anti-stigma campaigns, game theory, neuropsychiatric disorders, bipolar illness, de-institutionalization process

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