Don't Call Me Nuts : Coping with the Stigma of Mental Illness - Softcover

Patrick Corrigan; Robert Lundin

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9780967479415: Don't Call Me Nuts : Coping with the Stigma of Mental Illness

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ISBN 10: 096747941X ISBN 13: 9780967479415

Publisher: Recovery Press, 2001

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DON'T CALL ME NUTS! addresses one of the pressing issues in psychiatry today, indeed in the larger scope of civil rights in society--the stigma of mental illness. In its pages, Corrigan and Lundin explore all facets of the stigma which persons with mental illnesses face. DON'T CALL ME NUTS! is both a valuable resource, a history lesson, and a gaze into the future of a stigma-less community.

DON'T CALL ME NUTS! is a handbook for persons with mental illness. In its pages are discussions about dealing with self-stigma, knowing when or whether to disclose a mental illness, seven ways to foster personal empowerment, and legal and political remedies. From the point of view of impacting society, DON'T CALL ME NUTS! explores the public's reaction to stigma through the methods of contact, education, and protest.

Authors Patrick Corrigan and Robert Lundin are in themselves experts in the subject. Corrigan, the executive director of the University of Chicago Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, has published widely on the subject and in the broader field of psychiatric rehabilitation. Lundin, a former freelance reporter for the Chicago Tribune, has lived with a schizoaffective disorder for 20 years.

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Patrick Corrigan is a prolific reseacher into the psychosocial experiences of mental illnesses; he has published more than 100 articles and book chapters. Corrigan is professor of psychiatry at the University of Chicago where he directs the internationally known Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

Robert Lundin became seriously mentally ill with a schizoaffective disorder in 1979 while in graduate school. Today he is the director of publications at The University of Chicago Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

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These authors present a virtual manual for how recovering persons can go about being accepted! -- Frederick J. Frese III, Ph.D.

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