Ugo Ikwuka

Living with Mental Illness in a Globalised World

Combating Stigma and Barriers to Healthcare

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Produktbeschreibung

This text systematically examines the manifold contributions to the burdens of living with mental illness in a developing and globalized world. It explores the stigma of mental illness, the burden of which is sometimes considered more disabling than the illness itself.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780367698317
• ISBN-10: 0367698315
• Artikelnr.: 69983227

Autorenporträt

Ugo Ikwuka, PhD, lectures at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. He has published several works on causal attributions for mental illness, pathways to mental healthcare, and barriers to accessing mental healthcare.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Part One: Attitudes towards Mental Illness
Chapter 1 The Socio-psychological Processes of Stigma
Chapter 2: Types of Mental Illness Stigma
Chapter 3: Stigma Predisposing Factors
Chapter 4: Consequences of the Stigma of Mental Illness
Chapter 5: Pervasiveness of Stigma
Chapter 6: Improving Stigmatising Attitudes
Part Two: Barriers to Mental Healthcare
Chapter 7: Help-seeking Determinants and Ideological Barriers
Chapter 8: Help-seeking Determinants and Instrumental Barriers
Chapter 9: Ideological vs. Instrumental Barriers to Mental Healthcare
Part Three: Pathways to Mental Healthcare: Evolving an Effective Design
Chapter 10: Pathways to Mental Healthcare
Chapter 11: Patterns of Mental Healthcare Pathways in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 12: Conclusion: Towards a Complementary Model of Mental Healthcare.