What Progress Against Mental Illness?

What Is Mental Illness?

Discrimination against people with mental illness: what can psychiatrists do?†

This article discusses the evidence that experiences of stigmatisation and discrimination among people with mental illnesses are common and may be severe. Furthermore, there are growing concerns that people with mental illness receive secondclass physical healthcare. Beyond this, some aspects of psychiatric practice are reported as being insensitive, disrespectful or even disabling. We consider...

Stigma against Mental Illness

Stigma against mental illness is probably as old as the civilization itself. There are references to discrimination on the basis of mental illness in almost all the ancient books of law. In the well known Indian classic "Laws of Manu" there are references to insane persons (UNMATTA) in the chapters related to marriage, inheritance, feast after death, rules regarding contract and appearance as a...

What is mental illness? Social representations of mental illness among British and French mental health professionals

: Mental health professionals are important actors in implementing public mental health policies and in shaping lay representations of mental illness. The research reported in this paper focuses on the social representations of mental illness held by these professionals in Britain and France. In interviews conducted with sixty mental health workers from a range of professional backgrounds the d...

What if nutrients could treat mental illness?