Shunned: Discrimination Against People with Mental Illness

by Graham Thornicroft

People with mental illness commonly describe the stigma and discrimination they face as being worse than their main condition. Discrimination can pervade every part of their daily life - their personal life, working life, sense of citizenship, their ability to maintain even a basic standard of living. Though things have certainly improved in the past 50 years, discrimination against the mentally ill is still a major problem throughout the world. It...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198570988
• ISBN13: 9780198570981
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"