"Anyone treating people with psychiatric conditions should read this book to provide a greater understanding of the challenges those with mental illness face day after day."--Doody's

"An important contribution to the literature in an area of concern that is likely to receive increasing attention. If you are interested in discrimination or are building a library on key mental health issues, this book will be a very timely and valuable resource."--Open Mind

"This is an excellent text that should be part of required reading for all social and health care professionals. Shunned is overflowing with research, quotes and other material that make it an invaluable resource to have on the bookshelf."--British Journal of Social Work

"Shunned presents a detailed, well referenced account of the issues associated with discrimination against people with experience of mental illness."--Like Minds

"Shunned provides a comprehensive look at stigma, prejudice, and discrimination against persons with mental illnesses. It is well written and easy to read. The references, including Internet sites, are extensive. The many personal anecdotes add poignant reality to the documented research information. The book should be ready by anyone who is concerned about the status, conditions, and rights of persons with mental illnesses and particularly by policy and decision makers who have the opportunity to make changes in the many negative and discriminatory ways in which mentally ill persons are treated."--Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

"Thornicroft has great skill in addressing the various manifestations of stigma...The reader is left hopeful about the future of stigma."--Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

"My choice for the best resource on this subject [the issue of stigma and discrimination against people with mental disorders] is Shunned. This superb book is a labour of love arising out of the author's compassion for people with serious mental disorders. The author combines photographs, narratives of experiences of people with mental disorders, and analysis of the causes and strategies to combat stigma and discrimination in a remarkably frank and insightful book. Essential reading for anyone who wonders why the is still such little response to the unacceptably large unmet need for care for people with mental disorders."--Health and Policy Planning

"Anyone treating people with psychiatric conditions should read this book to provide a greater understanding of the challenges those with mental illness face day after day."--Doody's

Graham Thornicroft is Professor of Community Psychiatry, and Head of the multi-disciplinary Health Service Research Department at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. He is a Consultant Psychiatrist and is Director of Research and Development at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. He chaired the External Reference Group for the National Service Framework for Mental Health in England. His areas of research expertise include: stigma and discrimination, mental health needs assessment, the development of outcome scales, cost-effectiveness evaluation of mental health treatments, and service user and consumer participation in mental health research. He is the author of 19 books and over 160 scientific papers.

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1. Close to home: family, housing and neighbours

2. Getting personal: friendships, intimate relationships and childcare

3. It\'s not working: discrimination and employment

4. By a process of exclusion: discrimination in civil and social life

5. Harmful helpers: discrimination in health and social care

6. Profiting from prejudice: mental illness in the media

7. Danger or disinformation: the facts about violence and mental illness

8. \'Why try?\' Self-stigmatisation, avoidance and withdrawal

9. From stigma to ignorance, prejudice and discrimination

10. What works to reduce discrimination? Challenges for service users

11. What works to reduce discrimination? Challenges for everyone

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