TY - BOOK AU - Askenasy,Alexander AU - Zavalloni,Marisa TI - Attitudes toward mental patients: A study across cultures T2 - New Babylon : Studies in the Social Sciences , SN - 9783111164366 PY - 2018///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter Mouton, KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; List of Tables --; PART I: MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS' ATTITUDES TOWARD MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL PATIENTS --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Review of the literature --; 3. Instrument development --; 4. The samples --; 5. The rehabilitation scale --; 6. The semantic differentials: The mental patients I most (and least) enjoy working with --; 7. Other distinctions made among mental patients --; 8. Views on mental illness and on its treatment --; 9. Views on the vocational rehabilitation of former mental patients --; 10. Variables influencing attitudes of mental health workers --; 11. Recommendations for research and rehabilitation --; PART II: COMMUNITY ATTITUDES TOWARD MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL PATIENTS --; 12. Introduction --; 13. The normative dimension --; 14. The affective-conative dimension --; 15. Consistency and inconsistency of attitudes --; 16. Clusters of acceptance and rejection --; 17. Education and attitudes --; 18. Occupation and attitudes --; 19. Perceived distinctions between nervous breakdown and mental illness --; 20. Recommendations for practical applications --; APPENDIX I: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PROFESSIONALS IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD --; APPENDIX II: COMMUNITY QUESTIONNAIRE --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX OF NAMES --; INDEX OF SUBJECTS; restricted access; Issued also in print UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111532370 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783111532370 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783111532370/original ER -