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Stigma: Patient's View

By: Angela Sweeney & Sarah Clement
In: Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide
Edited by: Andrew Scull
Subject:Sociology of Health & Illness, Clinical Psychology (general)
Keywords:discrimination; distress; mental disorders; social distance; stereotypes; stigma; survivors

The stigmatization of people who experience mental distress has been of sociological interest since the 1960s, with understanding of the concept extended by Jo Link and Bruce Phelan in the 2000s and beyond. However, some consumers/survivors have argued that discrimination is ...

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  Sweeney, A., & Clement, S. (2014). Stigma: patient's view. In A. Scull (Ed.), Cultural sociology of mental illness: An A-to-Z guide (Vol. 1, pp. 850-851). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n314
  
  Sweeney, Angela, and Sarah Clement. "Stigma: Patient's View." In Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide, edited by Scull, Andrew, 850-51. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n314.
  
  Sweeney, A. and Clement, S. 2014. Stigma: Patient's View. In: Andrew Scull Editor, 2014. Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 850-851 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n314> [Accessed 15 Jun 2021].
  
  Sweeney, Angela and Sarah Clement. "Stigma: Patient's View." Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide. Edited by Andrew Scull. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 850-51. SAGE Knowledge. 15 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n314.
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