Paradigms Lost, Paradigms Found

Heather Stuart, PhD, FRSC, CM, is Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Queen's University, where she also holds the Bell Canada Mental Health and Anti-Stigma Research Chair. Professor Stuart is the Senior Consultant to the Mental Health Commission of Canada's anti-stigma initiative, the Secretary of the World Psychiatric Association's Stigma and Mental Disorders Scientific Section, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a recipient of the Order of Canada. Professor Stuart has published close to 150 peer reviewed papers and authored or edited more than 50 book chapters and several books.Norman Sartorius, MD, MA, PhD, FRCPsych, is President of the Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programs. He is also former Director of the Mental Health Program of the World Health Organization, former President of the World Psychiatric Association, and former President of the European Psychiatric Association. Professor Sartorius has published more than 500 papersin peer reviewed journals and authored or edited more than 120 books.

Paradigms Lost: Fighting Stigma and the Lessons Learned illustrates the long standing stigma attached to mental illness and its continued prominence today. Although the problem of stigma appears daunting, the authors offer an innovative approach to help combat social exclusion. Their proposed new paradigm constructs an optimistic and practical way to break down the social barriers to recovery.

• Preface Chapter 1: Mental Illness-Related StigmaChapter 2: Cultures Count: They Stigmatize and Destigmatize Mental IllnessesChapter 3: Paradigms Found in Fighting StigmaChapter 4: Eleven Steps to Build an Anti-Stigma ProgramChapter 5: Fighting the Good FightChapter 6: MediaChapter 7: Health SystemsChapter 8: Educational SystemsChapter 9: Employment Inequity and Workplace StigmaChapter 10: Using Technology to Fight StigmaChapter 11: ResearchChapter 12: Stigma and Substance AbuseChapter 13: Summary and Reflections Appendix: Stigma Section Bibliography