Kvaale, Erlend P.; Gottdiener, William H.; Haslam, Nick - In: Social Science & Medicine 96 (2013) C, pp. 95-103
The stigma and social rejection faced by people with a mental disorder constitute a major barrier to their well-being and recovery. Medicalization has been welcomed as a strategy to reduce blame and stigma, although critics have cautioned that attributing mental disorders to biogenetic causes...