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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Joseph, Monica A.
Titre(s) : Discrimination against the mentally ill [Texte imprimé] / Monica A. Joseph
Publication : Santa Barbara (Calif.) : Greenwood, cop. 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVI-236 p.) ; 25 cm
Collection : Health and medical issues today
Lien à la collection : Health and medical issues today
Comprend : pt. I. Overview ; 1. Background and definitions ; What is mental health, mental
illness, and discrimination? ; How many people are affected by mental illness and
discrimination? ; Gender concerns ; 2. Changing belief systems and historical treatment
of the mentally ill ; Ancient beliefs ; Medieval beliefs ; Modern beliefs ; The
Renaissance ; The Reformation ; Beliefs in the Age of Reason ; Early American beliefs
; Moving toward scientific causes of mental illness ; 3. Discrimination and the formation
of a modern system of care for the mentally ill ; The madhouses ; The Elizabethan
Poor Law of 1601 ; The Madhouse Act of 1774 ; The County Asylum Act of 1808 ; The
Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 ; The County Asylum Act of 1845 and the Lunacy Act
of 1845 ; The Lunatic Amendment and County Asylum Amendment Acts of 1853 and 1862
; Metropolitan Poor Act of 1867 ; The Lunatics Law Amendment Act of 1889 and the
Lunacy Act of 1890 ; 4. Early American society and discrimination against the mentally
ill ; Almshouses, poorhouses, and workhouses in the United States ; Dorothea Dix
; Early hospitals and asylums in the United States ; Dr. Benjamin Rush and the Pennsylvania
Hospital ; Francis Fauquier and the Eastern State Hospital ; The New York Hospital
and the Bloomingdale Asylum ; The Public Hospital of Baltimore (Spring Grove) ;
Thomas Scattergood and the Friends Hospital ; Reverend Louis Dwight, the Massachusetts
General Hospital and the Worcester Lunatic Asylum ; Thomas Story Kirkbride and the
Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane ; 5. How treatment movements influenced discrimination
against the mentally ill ; The movement toward physical treatments ; The medication
management movement ; Approaching mental illness as public health ; Deinstitutionalization
and community mental health centers ; Persistent overcrowding ; The costs of treating
mental illness ; The United Kingdom and other developed nations ; Approaching mental
illness as a disability ; Connection between the disability movement and mental health
advocacy ; Approaching mental illness as a behavioral health issue ; 6. Forms of
discrimination against the mentally ill and the influence of diversity ; Basic human
rights of the mentally ill ; How Federal and State laws affect the rights of the
mentally ill ; LImits of confidentiality and privacy ; Educational discrimination
; Lack of educational supports for the mentally ill ; Elementary and Secondary Education
Act (ESEA) ; Restrictive policies adopted by educational institutions ; Cultural
discriminations ; Social and religious beliefs about the causes of mental illness
; How the mentally ill are portrayed in the media ; Political discrimination ; Political
attitudes toward the mentally ill ; Their participation in the political process
; How diversity and discrimination affect the mentally ill ; Gender differences
; Age differences ; Differences in racial/cultural/ethnic identity ; Sexual identity
differences.
pt. II. Controversies ; 7. How comorbidity affects discrimination ; Mental illness
and substance use disorders ; Nicotine use disorder ; Medication-assisted treatment
; Other issues and controversies ; Mental illness and other chronic health disorders
; Mental illness and gambling ; Mental illness and neuro-developmental disorders
; Potential causes and outcomes ; Treating co-occurring disorders ; Who provides
treatment and where? ; Medical staff ; Nonmedical staff ; Treatment locations
; Mental illness and PTSD : the veteran connection ; What is stress? ; The stress
response ; Trauma ; Responding to veterans ; Suicide ; PTSD indicators ; Suicide
indicators ; Issues contributing to ongoing discrimination ; 8. Mental illness and
the criminal justice system ; Who are the criminally insane? ; Historical treatment
of the criminally insane ; Current estimates of the criminally insane ; Problem-solving
court model ; Training of correctional personnel ; Civil Rights of Institutionalized
Peoples Act (CRIPA) of 1980 ; Approaches to public safety ; Scarce resources ;
Legal representation ; Rehabilitation versus punishment ; Post-incarceration resources
; Voluntary and involuntary commitment ; 2-PC or Two Physicians Certify Mandatory
Medication Management ; Voluntary ; Involuntary ; 9. Preventing discrimination
against the mentally ill ; Is discrimination preventable? ; Focusing on prevention
; Changing societal attitudes ; Ensuring access to quality medical and psychiatric
health care ; pt. III. Resources.
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
"How have individuals with mental illness been treated historically and what are their
experiences today? This book investigates the historical and contemporary forms of
discrimination faced by those with mental illness. Provides a valuable resource for
researching the hot topic of discrimination and injustice against a group of individuals--one
that is often overlooked by society as well as by reference books. Supplies annotated
primary sources that will serve to improve readers' research and critical reasoning
skills. Examines the role the media has played in discriminatory practices towards
mental illness. Explores several contemporary issues related to mental illness--including
diversity, comorbidity, homelessness, veterans, and the criminal justice system--and
their intersection with discrimination" ; "This book is about discrimination against
persons with mental illness. There is a great deal of awareness within the last few
years about the impact discrimination can have on so many aspects of individuals'
functioning including their mental health. A scan of the current literature yields
numerous research articles, a number of which document connections between poor mental
health outcomes and discrimination, across diverse groups. There is thus little argument
that there is an association between discrimination and impaired mental health in
the general population. However, for those who are already struggling with a mental
disorder, does discrimination create an even harsher burden with which they must survive
on a daily basis? This book is important as it takes a look at how discrimination
has been pervasive in almost every aspect of the lives of persons with mental illness
for more than two centuries. From the private madhouses of the 18th century British,
to the large 20th century farm colonies in the US, persons with mental illness have
been viewed pejoratively, and have encountered discrimination even from those who
have been entrusted with their care"
Sujet(s) : Stigmatisation (psychologie sociale)
Handicapés mentaux -- Violence envers
Handicapés psychiques -- Discrimination
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781610698917. - ISBN 1610698916. - ISBN 9781610698924 (erroné) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb450805188
Notice n° :
FRBNF45080518
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)