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Serious mental illness is a two-edged sword: it challenges those affected not only with disability but also with unjust social stigma, which denies them opportunities to work, live independently, and pursue other goals. Written by participants and first-rate social scientists in the Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research, On the Stigma of Mental Illness: Implications for Research and Social Change explores the causes and ramifications of mental illness stigma, as well as the possible means to eliminate it. The book translates basic behavioral research, especially from social psychology, to an issue of prime importance to clinical psychology. While laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act have decreased the impact of discrimination, contact between those with mental illness and those without may be one of the most effective ways to diminish stigma. The book includes practical strategies for dealing with public stigma and self-stigma, including deciding when and how to disclose one's psychiatric history to others.

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• Contributors(p. ix)
• Foreword(p. xi)
• Acknowledgments(p. xv)
• Introduction(p. 3)
• I Overview of the Problem(p. 9)
• Chapter 1 The Impact of Mental Illness Stigma(p. 11)
• Chapter 2 Methods for Studying Stigma and Mental Illness(p. 45)
• II Understanding Mental Illness Stigma(p. 67)
• Chapter 3 First-Person Accounts of Stigma(p. 69)
• Chapter 4 Social Psychological Models of Mental Illness Stigma(p. 99)
• Chapter 5 Sociological Models of Mental Illness Stigma: Progress and Prospects(p. 129)
• Chapter 6 A Social-Cognitive Model of Personal Responses to Stigma(p. 145)
• Chapter 7 Mental Illness and Dangerousness: Fact or Misperception, and Implications for Stigma(p. 165)
• Chapter 8 Senseless Crimes: Sin or Sickness? Implications for Mental Illness Stigma(p. 181)
• Chapter 9 Stigma and the Police(p. 197)
• Chapter 10 Stigma and Substance Use Disorders(p. 219)
• III Changing Mental Illness Stigma(p. 237)
• Chapter 11 Strategies for Assessing and Diminishing Self-Stigma(p. 239)
• Chapter 12 Dealing With Stigma Through Personal Disclosure(p. 257)
• Chapter 13 Challenging Public Stigma: A Targeted Approach(p. 281)
• Chapter 14 Changing Stigma Through the Media(p. 297)
• IV Conclusion(p. 313)
• Chapter 15 Mental Illness Stigma as Social Injustice: Yet Another Dream to Be Achieved(p. 315)
• Author Index(p. 321)
• Subject Index(p. 337)
• About the Editor(p. 343)

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Corrigan has edited a powerful volume, one that moved this reviewer from the haunting foreword by Robert Lundin to the final chapter. Corrigan and his fellow contributors do an excellent job of outlining the problem--"the stigma of mental illness"--addressing it from a variety of methodological and disciplinary perspectives and then drawing important conclusions about the harm stigma does. As a social psychologist, this reader was particularly impressed with the second of the book's three parts, "Understanding Mental Illness Stigma." Chapters 4, 5, and 6 in this section outline important theories about mental illness stigma that relate well to chapters in part 3, "Changing Mental Illness Stigma." Even those not interested in research on mental illness can learn a great deal about their own prejudices and fears by reading this work. This is an important book for professionals and researchers and should be required reading for all students planning to pursue clinical or counseling work with individuals suffering from mental illnesses. ^BSumming Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. R. E. Osborne Texas State University--San Marcos