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Pulling ourselves together to end discrimination
- Author:
- BIRD Lisa
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 6(4), June 2000, pp.24-27.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
A survey of people with mental health problems has revealed a surprising amount of discrimination and lack of understanding by mental health professionals, family and friends. This article describes that research and its recommendations for change.
Discriminatory attitudes to people with intellectual disability or mental health difficulty
- Authors:
- LAU Joseph Tak-fai, CHEUNG Chau-Kiu
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 42(4), October 1999, pp.431-444.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The integration of people with intellectual disability and mental health difficulty in the community is an issue in Hong Kong because it has encountered public resistance. Understanding the public's discrimination against them is of theoretical and practice concern. This survey of residents in Hong Kong examined associations of the public's personal interaction, education, age and sex with its discriminatory attitudes.
An introduction to the mental health of older people: ageism, age discrimination and social exclusion
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, MILNE Alisoun, GEARING Brian, WARNER Joanne
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Place of publication:
- London
**This learning resource was removed in March 2023.** In this learning object you are asked to consider issues which are central to understanding the experience of ageing and older age in contemporary society. Ageism, age discrimination and social exclusion diminish the quality of life which older people may enjoy. They also threaten their mental health. In spite of their negative effect on the daily lives of older people, however, ageism and age discrimination are often unrecognised, ignored, or even compounded in health and social care settings. And social exclusion has only recently been officially acknowledged as affecting older people as well as children and families.
Mental illness: prejudice, discrimination and the law
- Authors:
- CAMBELL Tom, HEGINBOTHAM Chris
- Publisher:
- Dartmouth
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 263p.bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Defines the nature of discrimination, and analyses the nature of mental illness. Looks at ways in which mentally ill people are discriminated against in all walks of life. Develops a conceptual framework centring on rights and interests of mentally ill people and articulates a non-discrimatory approach to services. Provides a critique of mental health legislation, and makes proposals for change.
Beyond good intentions: making anti-discrimination strategies work
- Author:
- SAYCE Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 18(5), August 2003, pp.625-642.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article seeks to explore some key questions about effectiveness in anti-discrimination work: what do we know of what works to reduce discrimination faced by disabled people? It takes, as its key focus, current work to reduce discrimination experienced by people who use mental health services, in Britain and internationally. It also looks at initiatives in wider disability communities. It argues on the basis of available evidence that initiatives are most likely to succeed if they effectively challenge the power that underpins discrimination, aim to transform beliefs amongst those with the power to discriminate, intervene carefully in the different components of 'discrimination', drawing on evidence of effectiveness and work within a comprehensive framework for ongoing anti-discrimination work. This means targeting anti-discrimination work at different levels and different sectors, working with a range of different organisations and groups, rather than dispersing resources through ad hoc, one-off mini-initiatives. There is no single solution to discrimination, but different elements of potential 'solutions' exist. What is needed is to bring different strands of work together. In particular, it would be helpful to forge a stronger synthesis between, on the one hand, securing legislative improvement and enforcement, and on the other, promoting the universal benefits of a more inclusive society. Each complements the other.
Reducing psychiatric stigma and discrimination: evaluation of educational interventions in UK secondary schools
- Authors:
- PINFOLD Vanessa, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 182(4), April 2003, pp.342-346.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The persistent and disabling nature of psychiatric stigma has led to the establishment of global programmes to challenge the negative stereotypes and discriminatory responses that generate social disability, but these initiatives are rarely evaluated. The purpose of this article was to assess the effectiveness of an intervention with young people aimed at increasing mental health literacy and challenging negative stereotypes associated with severe mental illness. A total of 472 secondary school students attended two mental health awareness workshops and completed pre- and post-questionnaires detailing knowledge, attitudes and behavioural intentions. Young people use an extensive vocabulary of 270 different words and phrases to describe people with mental health problems: most were derogatory terms. Mean positive attitude scores rose significantly from 1.2 at baseline to 2.8 at 1-week follow-up and 2.3 at a 6-month follow-up. Changes were most marked for female students and those reporting personal contact with people with mental illness. Short educational workshops can produce positive changes in participants' reported attitudes towards people with mental health problems.
Stigma, discrimination and social exclusion: What's in a word?
- Author:
- SAYCE Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 7(4), August 1998, pp.331-343.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
There is mounting evidence that British service users face pervasive discrimination in areas of life ranging from work to parenting, insurance to driving licenses. One of the key concepts used to investigate the problems that users of mental health services face in their relationships to other people, and to society at large, is 'stigma'. This concept is used to frame questions of public attitudes about mental illness, users' self-perceptions and the unfavourable treatment they receive. It is often stated or implied that if we can breakdown 'stigma' we can transform users' position in society, their opportunities and well-being. Examines the limitations of both the concept of 'stigma' and the way it is applied, and reviews the growing literature on discrimination, which is seen as a more promising model on which to base social change.