The Stigma of Disease and Disability Understanding Causes and Overcoming Injustices

by Corrigan, Patrick W.

• ISBN13: 9781433815836
• ISBN10: 1433815834
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-12-15
• Publisher: American Psychological Association

Summary

People with physical or mental disabilities such as HIV, substance abuse, cancer, or depression are negatively affected not only by the disease, but also by others’ negative reactions to it. This humane book prepares advocates and health care professionals to more effectively fight the social injustice of stigma and better support the families of those with disabilities.

Readers will gain a solid understanding of the common experience of stigma as well as how to combat prejudiced responses to specific disabilities, including childhood disorders, obesity, and Alzheimer’s disease.

Author Biography

Patrick W. Corrigan, PsyD, is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Prior to that, Dr. Corrigan was the executive director of the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at the University of Chicago, where he was also a professor of psychiatry.
 
A licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Corrigan has been setting up and providing services for people with serious mental illnesses and their families for more than 30 years. He has been the principal investigator of federally funded studies on rehabilitation and consumer operated services. In 2001, he became principal investigator of the Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research, the only National Institute of Mental Health-funded research center examining the stigma of mental illness. (The consortium evolved into the National Consortium on Stigma and Empowerment, also supported by the National Institute of Mental Health.)
 
In 2013, Dr. Corrigan took the helm of a grant funded by the National Institutes of Health on peer navigators, meant to enhance the integrated care needs of homeless African Americans with mental illness. He has authored or edited 12 books and more than 300 articles, and is the editor of the American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
 

Table of Contents

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction 
Patrick W. Corrigan

I. Stigma in Diseases and Disabilities

1. Understanding Stigma 
   Nev Jones and Patrick W. Corrigan
2. Mental Illness Stigma: Types, Constructs, and Vehicles for Change 
   Patrick W. Corrigan and Kristin A. Kosyluk
3. The Stigma of Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse 
   Georg Schomerus
4. Stigma in the Field of Intellectual Disabilities: Impact and Initiatives for Change 
   Shirli Werner and Dana Roth
5. Stigma Related to Physical and Sensory Disabilities 
   Hanoch Livneh, Fong Chan, and Cahit Kaya
6. HIV-Related Stigma 
   Gregory M. Herek
7. Infectious Diseases: A Case Study of Leprosy-Related Stigma 
   Wim H. van Brakel and Beatriz Miranda Galarza
8. Cancer Stigma 
   Nicole M. Else-Quest and Tracy L. Jackson
9. The Nature, Consequences, and Public Health Implications of Obesity Stigma 
   Rebecca M. Puhl and Jamie Lee Peterson
10. Stigma Associated With Disease and Disability During Childhood and Adolescence: A Developmental Approach 
    Caroline Heary, Eilis Hennessy, and Lorraine Swords
11. Stigma and Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review of Evidence, Theory, and Methods 
    Perla Werner

II. Stigma and Action

1. Stigma and Family 
   Tally Moses
2. Overcoming Stigma 
   David Roe, Paul H. Lysaker, and Philip T. Yanos
3. Stigma Across Cultures 
   Deepa Rao and Dellanira Valencia-Garcia

Afterword: A Critical Eye for Stigma Change 
Patrick W. Corrigan

Index

About the Editor