For most of recorded history, people with psychiatric disabilities have struggled with maintaining personal power over their lives. The centuries-old battle against stigma is the best example of this struggle. The ancient Greeks first gave voice to the concept of stigma noting that those who were marked with mental illness were often shunned, locked up or, on rare occasions, put to death (Simon, 1992). During the Middle Ages, people with mental illness were viewed as living examples of the weakness of humankind, what goes wrong when people are unable to remain morally strong (Mora, 1992). This kind of attitude led families to hide away those with psychiatric disabilities from ...

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