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From Psychiatric Patient to Citizen: Overcoming Discrimination and Social Exclusion (Overcoming Discrimination and Stigma)

From Psychiatric Patient to Citizen: Overcoming Discrimination and Social Exclusion (Overcoming Discrimination and Stigma)

by Liz Sayce (Author)

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Synopsis

This text proposes new theoretical models and practical strategies for tackling the widespread social exclusion faced by people diagnosed mentally ill. Based on research in the US and UK, with reference to other international examples, it analyzes evidence of discrimination and the effectiveness of different remedies: disability discrimination law, work to reframe media and cultural images, grassroots inclusion programmes, and challenges to the "nimby" factor.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 07 Dec 1999
ISBN 10: 0333698908
ISBN 13: 9780333698907
Book Overview: 'This is a well written, 'tour de force' about how people with mental health problems might become more included in social and economic life, rather than marginalised and treated with suspicion.' - Disability and Society 'Liz Sayce offers a sensitive and helpful discussion of identity.' - Peter Beresford, Cambridge University Journal

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'This is a well written, 'tour de force' about how people with mental health problems might become more included in social and economic life, rather than marginalised and treated with suspicion.' - Disability and Society 'Liz Sayce offers a sensitive and helpful discussion of identity.' - Peter Beresford, Cambridge University Journal
Author Bio
LIZ SAYCE is Director of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Health Action Zone. She was formerly Policy Director for Mind (The National Association for Mental Health in the UK) and has written extensively on mental health issues. In the period August 1995-August 1996, she was based at the Bazelon Centre for Mental Health Law, Washington, on a Harkness Fellowship looking into anti-discrimination work in the US.