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Euthanasia in Nazi Germany
- Author:
- MADDEN J.S.
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 24(9), September 2000, p.347.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The 11th international Congress of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) was held in Hamburg during August 1999. The most memorable feature of the successful event was not the presence of 10, 000 psychiatrists from 96 countries, nor their 6000 papers, nor the elegance of the rebuilt city, but a poignant exhibition prepared by the German society for psychiatry, psychotherapy and neurology. The presentation, titled 'In Memoriam', described the war time extermination within Germany of 180, 000 psychiatric patients. The killers were their psychiatrists.
Ignorance is not bliss
- Authors:
- KAMINSKI Peter, HARTY Charles
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 13.1.00, 2000, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The authors describe a project to tackle the prejudice faced by people with mental illness.
The stigma of mental illness: how you can use the media to reduce it
- Authors:
- SALTER Mark, BYRNE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 24(8), August 2000, pp.281-283.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
Television, radio and newspapers play an essential role in the public perception of mental illness. While the media often perpetuate unhelpful stereotypes of mental illness if properly harnessed, they may also be used to challenges prejudice, inform and initiate debate and so help to combat the stigma experienced by people with mental illness and their carers.
Beyond Prevention
- Author:
- FRIEDLI Lynne
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(10), June 2000, p.328.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Describes the means by which Standard One of the National Service Framework gives priority to mental health promotion.
Pulling ourselves together to end discrimination
- Author:
- BIRD Lisa
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 6(4), June 2000, pp.24-27.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
A survey of people with mental health problems has revealed a surprising amount of discrimination and lack of understanding by mental health professionals, family and friends. This article describes that research and its recommendations for change.
A social work role: promoting employment equity for people with serious and persistent mental illness
- Authors:
- AKABAS Sheila H., GATES Lauren B.
- Journal article citation:
- Administration in Social Work, 23(3/4), 2000, pp.163-184.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The common wisdom in the treatment community is that most people with serious and persistent mental illness are not candidates for employment. This article reports on a research project in the USA that contests that conclusion with research evidence that supports the potential for a successful work outcome for people with serious and persistent mental illness. The authors describe a model intervention at the workplace that has been used effectively to support that outcome. The authors conclude that achieving equity in employment opportunity for people with serious and persistent mental illness requires a significant change in the education, behaviour, and attitudes of social workers and suggest the measures than can help accomplish that end.
Meeting the mental health needs of older women: taking social inequality into account
- Authors:
- MILNE Alisoun, WILLIAMS Jennie
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 20(6), November 2000, pp.699-723.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Whilst there is increasing acceptance that social inequalities have implications for mental health, there is minimal acknowledgement of their effects on the development and treatment of mental ill health in older people. This article focuses on older women, as they are the majority sufferers of mental illness in later life, and are particularly vulnerable to the cumulative effects of lifelong and age-related inequalities. Draws on literature from the fields of gerontology and mental health and argues that for effective care to be developed, older women's mental ill health needs to be seen within the context of their past and present experience of social inequalities. Evidence particularly relates to socio-economic disadvantages as well as to the consequences of discrimination. Argues that psychological vulnerability is further compounded by the gendered effects of social policy, and by care system which constructs mental health needs as unrelated to oppression, and dislocated from their economic, social and historical roots. Finally outlines the key components of care and service system which takes account of social inequalities, and which accords centrality to the experiences, views and women opinions of older women with mental health problems.
Breaking the vicious cycle
- Author:
- SARTORIUS Norman
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(3), November 2000, pp.80-82.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Discusses how mental health workers can tackle stigma and discrimination attached to metal illness.
Right on our side
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(1), September 2000, pp.6-8.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports on how legislation is just one of the many tools the Disability Rights Commission will be using to tackle discrimination.
Stigmatisation of people with mental illnesses
- Authors:
- CRISP Arthur H., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 177, July 2000, pp.4-7.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This study aimed to determine opinions of the British adult population concerning those with mental illnesses as baseline data for a campaign to combat stigmatisation. Respondents commonly perceived people with schizophrenia, alcoholism and drug addiction as unpredictable and dangerous. The two latter conditions were also viewed as self-inflicted. People with any of the seven disorders were perceived as hard to talk with. Opinions about effects of treatment and prognosis suggested reasonable knowledge. About half the respondents reported knowing someone with a mental illness. Negative opinions indiscriminately overemphasise social handicaps that can accompany mental disorders. They contribute to social isolation, distress and difficulties in employment faced by sufferers.