Mental disorder and social policy.

Social Attitudes and Mental Disorder

II N this country the problem of maintaining private welfare and medical |Services alongside their public counterParts no longer complicates patient 'S?re as it does in the United States. reed from this limitation, and in a 15 vourable social climate, new patterns ^ care for the mentally ill have f?urished in Britain. Confident in our 0vvn practice and encouraged by a ||tream of interested visi...

Stigma and mental disorder: conceptions of illness, public attitudes, personal disclosure, and social policy.

The end of the last millennium witnessed an unprecedented degree of public awareness regarding mental disorder as well as motivation for policy change. Like Sartorius, we contend that the continued stigmatization of mental illness may well be the central issue facing the field, as nearly all attendant issues (e.g., standards of care, funding for basic and applied research efforts) emanate from ...

Mental Health and Mental Disorder in Social Context

MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL POLICY: INITIATIVES FOR THE 1980s

Mental health and social policy: initiatives for the 1980s.