The history of the treatment of mental illness -- Acceptance and the recovery paradigm in mental health care -- The multiple dimensions of the acceptance of mental illness -- Barriers and facilitators to acceptance of mental illness -- The process of acceptance of mental illness -- Acceptance of mental illness among women : intersectional stigma -- Acceptance of mental illness among men : exploring masculinities and mental health -- Racial-ethnic cultural factors in the process of acceptance of mental illness -- LGBT factors in the process of acceptance of mental illness -- Clinical applications and investigation of the acceptance of mental illness.