Understanding the Stigma of Mental Illness: Theory and Interventions By
2008 | 215 Pages | ISBN: 0470723289 | PDF | 4 MB
Many mentally ill people are the victims of stigma, which leads to additional suffering and humiliation. Negative stereotypes and prejudicial attitudes against them are often reinforced by their media representation as unpredictable, violent and dangerous. Hence the importance of the study of stigma as an explanatory construct of much that transpires in the management of the mentally ill in our societies. This book describes the experience of stigmatization at the level of the individual, and seeks to measure stigma and discrimination from the following perspectives: Self imposed stigma due to shame, guilt and low self esteem; Socially imposed stigma due to social stereotyping and prejudice; and Structurally imposed stigma, caused by policies, practices, and laws that discriminate against the mentally ill. This book briefly describes programmes that aim to reduce such stigma then looks at ways to evaluate their effectiveness. It is the first book to focus on evaluation and research methodologies in stigma and mental health. It also: * presents new interventions to reduce stigma * describes the various international programmes which help reduce stigma * discusses the use of the internet as an international tool to promote awareness of stigma in mental health. Understanding the Stigma of Mental Illness is essential reading for clinicians and researchers who wish to apply or develop stigma reduction programmes. It is also a valuable addition to the libraries of political analysts, policy makers, clinicians, researchers, and all those interested in how to approach and measure this distressing social phenomenon.Content: Chapter 1 The Rights of a Powerless Legion (pages 1-17): Julio Arboleda?FlorezChapter 2 Cross?Cultural Aspects of the Stigma of Mental Illness (pages 19-35): Bernice A. Pescosolido, Sigrun Olafsdottir, Jack K. Martin and J. Scott LongChapter 3 The WPA Global Programme against Stigma and Discrimination because of Schizophrenia (pages 37-47): Norman SartoriusChapter 4 'Fighting Stigma and Discrimination because of Schizophrenia - Open the Doors': A Collaborative Review of the Experience from the German Project Centres (pages 49-67): A. E. Baumann and W. GaebelChapter 5 Stigma and Health Care Staff (pages 69-83): Juan J. Lopez?Ibor, Olga Cuenca and Maria?Ines Lopez?IborChapter 6 Evaluating Programmatic Needs Concerning the Stigma of Mental Illness (pages 85-124): Beate SchulzeChapter 7 Using the Internet for Fighting the Stigma of Schizophrenia (pages 125-133): Hugh SchulzeChapter 8 Building an Evidence Base for Anti?Stigma Programming (pages 135-145): Heather StuartChapter 9 Other people stigmatize ...but, What about us? Attitudes of Mental Health Professionals towards Patients with Schizophrenia (pages 147-159): Alp UcokChapter 10 Implementing Anti Stigma Programmes in Boulder, Colorado and Calgary, Alberta (pages 161-174): Richard WarnerChapter 11 Stigma Measurement Approaches: Conceptual Origins and Current Applications (pages 175-192): Lawrence H. Yang, Bruce G. Link and Jo C. Phelan

Gavin Kilty, "Understanding the Case Against Shukden: The History of a Contested Tibetan Practice "
English | ISBN: 1614295352 | 2019 | 360 pages | EPUB | 1072 KB
Leaders of the Dalai Lama's tradition illuminate the issues surrounding the Shukden controversy.

U.S. Army Diamond T Vehicles in World War II (Casemate Illustrated Special) by Didier Andres
English | ISBN: 1636241603 | 161 pages | EPUB | July 20, 2022 | 159 Mb
A detailed summary of all the types of Diamond T vehicles used by the US Army during World War II, packed full of period photos and diagrams.

Trauma-Informed Music Therapy: Theory and Practice
English | 2023 | ISBN: 103206126X | 185 Pages | PDF (True) | 3.38 MB
Board-certified music therapists are in a unique position to provide comfort, create a sense of safety, and empower people to find their voice during and after traumatic experiences. In this book, the theory behind trauma-informed practice (TIP) is explored and expanded through stories of clinical implementation, social justice practices, and music therapy theories. Spanning topics such as grief and loss, adverse childhood experiences and their intergenerational effects, domestic abuse, urban trauma, polyvagal theory, and psychological first aid, this book addresses music therapy as the emerging therapeutic treatment modality for adults, children, and teenagers alike.

Juliane House, "Translation as Communication across Languages and Cultures"
English | 2015 | pages: 164 | ISBN: 0415734320, 1408289830 | PDF | 1,7 mb
In this interdisciplinary book, Juliane House breaks new ground by situating translation within Applied Linguistics. In thirteen chapters, she examines translation as a means of communication across different languages and cultures, provides a critical overview of different approaches to translation, of the link between culture and translation, and between views of context and text in translation.

John W. Moran, "Transforming Community Health through Leadership"
English | ISBN: 1138479845 | 2018 | 120 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
As the United States faces increasingly difficult and trenchant public health problems, from the Zika virus to the obesity epidemic to the opioid crisis, population health is a growing area of concern for public health organizations, particularly how to care for populations effectively on a shoestring budget. Though little discussed in the mainstream media, community health improvement organizations are increasingly partnering and forming coalitions with local hospitals, working together to improve traditional medical care. But with the pace of change in health care policy, these coalitions must be thoughtfully lead and managed. This new book from John W. Moran, Senior Quality Advisor to the Public Health Foundation, demonstrates how to build, operate, manage, and sustain a community health improvement coalition once it is formed.

Meredith Mason Brown, "Touching America's History: From the Pequot War through WWII"
English | ISBN: 0253008336 | 2013 | 288 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Things you can see and touch can bring to mind the time when the items were made and used. In Touching America's History, Meredith Mason Brown uses twenty objects to summon up major developments in America's history. The objects range in date from a Pequot stone axe head probably made before the Pequot War in 1637, to the western novel Dwight Eisenhower was reading while waiting for the weather to clear so that the Normandy Invasion could begin, and to a piece of a toilet bowl found in the bombed-out wreckage of Hitler's home in the Bavarian alps in 1945. Among the other historically evocative items are a Kentucky rifle carried by Col. John Floyd, killed by Indians in 1783; a letter from George Washington explaining why he will not be able to attend the Constitutional Convention; shavings from the scaffold on which John Brown was hanged; a pistol belonging to Gen. William Preston, in whose arms Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston bled to death after being shot at the Battle of Shiloh; and the records of a court-martial for the killing by an American officer of a Filipino captive during the Philippine War. Together, the objects call to mind nothing less than the birth, growth, and shaping of what is now America.

Together We Can: Everyday Australians doing amazing things to give our planet a future by Claire O'Rourke
English | July 19, 2022 | ISBN: 1761066811 | True EPUB | 328 pages | 2.8 MB
Inspiring stories about people around Australia who are taking action on climate change, helping create a better future for our children and for the planet, while at the same time deepening connections with each other.

Douglas R Egerton, "Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 0465096646 | ASIN: B01IMZ58AQ, B01MCSWSEV | EPUB | pages: 442 | 4.8 mb
Soon after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, abolitionists began to call for the creation of black regiments. At first, the South and most of the North responded with outrage; southerners promised to execute any black soldiers captured in battle, while many northerners claimed that blacks lacked the necessary courage. Meanwhile, Massachusetts, long the center of abolitionist fervor, launched one of the greatest experiments in American history.

Throwing the Party: How the Supreme Court Puts Political Party Organizations Ahead of Voters
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1316515052 | 279 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
The Supreme Court's jurisprudence on political parties is rooted in an incomplete story. Parties are, like voluntary clubs, associations of individuals that are represented by a singular organization. However, as political science has long understood, they are much more than this. Parties are also the voters who choose and support their candidates, the elected officials who govern, the activists and volunteers who contribute their time and energy, and the individual and organizational donors who open their wallets. Unfortunately, the Court's framework for understanding America's two-party system has largely ignored this broader conception of political parties. The result has been a distortion of the true nature of the two-party system, and a body of deeply inconsistent and contradictory constitutional case law. From primaries to campaign finance, partisan gerrymandering to ballot access, law and politics scholar Wayne Batchis interrogates, scrutinizes, and offers a proposed solution to this problematic jurisprudence.