Journal of Mental Health Training Education and Practice, 9(4), 2014, pp.207-214.
Publisher:
Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the work of the Children and Young People's Programme of Time to Change, which is England's biggest campaign to end the stigma and discrimination that surrounds mental health.
Design/methodology/approach: The paper draws upon research into the nature and effects of mental health stigma and discrimination on young people and also outlines the strategy of the Time to Change campaign and its initial outcomes.
Findings: The paper includes testimonies from young people with lived experience of mental health problems about the stigma and discrimination they have faced. It also outlines the aims, objectives and stages of implementation of the Time to Change Children and Young People's Programme. The paper particularly focuses on the campaign work undertaken in secondary schools, the social leadership programme for young people with lived experience of mental health problems and the process of designing effective campaign messaging for social media.
Originality/value: Time to Change is England's biggest campaign to end the stigma and discrimination that surrounds mental health. This paper provides a unique insight into the process of developing and rolling out an anti-stigma campaign for young people.
(Publisher abstract)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the work of the Children and Young People's Programme of Time to Change, which is England's biggest campaign to end the stigma and discrimination that surrounds mental health.
Design/methodology/approach: The paper draws upon research into the nature and effects of mental health stigma and discrimination on young people and also outlines the strategy of the Time to Change campaign and its initial outcomes.
Findings: The paper includes testimonies from young people with lived experience of mental health problems about the stigma and discrimination they have faced. It also outlines the aims, objectives and stages of implementation of the Time to Change Children and Young People's Programme. The paper particularly focuses on the campaign work undertaken in secondary schools, the social leadership programme for young people with lived experience of mental health problems and the process of designing effective campaign messaging for social media.
Originality/value: Time to Change is England's biggest campaign to end the stigma and discrimination that surrounds mental health. This paper provides a unique insight into the process of developing and rolling out an anti-stigma campaign for young people.
(Publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
attitudes, children, young people, mental health problems, mental health, stigma, discrimination, schools, school children;
This briefing is based on the results of the first, large scale survey of 2,629 children and young people aged 9-25 years about mental health and the stigma they face. It summarises the key findings. Five graphs are included which analyse the results of the five questions covering attitudes toward mental health problems. Key recommendations are presented, and include, tackling stigma and changing attitudes; developing knowledge and understanding
This briefing is based on the results of the first, large scale survey of 2,629 children and young people aged 9-25 years about mental health and the stigma they face. It summarises the key findings. Five graphs are included which analyse the results of the five questions covering attitudes toward mental health problems. Key recommendations are presented, and include, tackling stigma and changing attitudes; developing knowledge and understanding
Subject terms:
mental health problems, stereotyped attitudes, stigma, surveys, young people, attitudes, children, discrimination;
Journal of Mental Health, 12(3), June 2003, pp.249-258.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
London
It has been suggested that media portrayals help to perpetuate the negative perceptions and attitudes of the public toward people living with mental illnesses. Children are significant consumers of mass media, and they may be learning about mental illnesses from their exposure to media depictions of those illnesses. This article is intended to explore how psychiatric disorders are portrayed in children's media. Studies of television, films, cartoons, and other media suggest that images and references to mental illnesses are relatively common in children's media and that such images are more often negative than positive ones. The image of persons with psychiatric disorders as unattractive, violent, and criminal, for example, appears common in children's media, and references to mental illnesses are typically used to disparage and ridicule. Although content analyses do not establish impact, it is likely that negative stereotypes are being fostered and that children are learning to respond to people with mental illnesses in avoidant and disparaging ways. Anti-stigma efforts that do not include children and do not address the media images of mental illnesses that foster unfavorable stereotypes may permit continued development of negative attitudes toward people with psychiatric disorders.
It has been suggested that media portrayals help to perpetuate the negative perceptions and attitudes of the public toward people living with mental illnesses. Children are significant consumers of mass media, and they may be learning about mental illnesses from their exposure to media depictions of those illnesses. This article is intended to explore how psychiatric disorders are portrayed in children's media. Studies of television, films, cartoons, and other media suggest that images and references to mental illnesses are relatively common in children's media and that such images are more often negative than positive ones. The image of persons with psychiatric disorders as unattractive, violent, and criminal, for example, appears common in children's media, and references to mental illnesses are typically used to disparage and ridicule. Although content analyses do not establish impact, it is likely that negative stereotypes are being fostered and that children are learning to respond to people with mental illnesses in avoidant and disparaging ways. Anti-stigma efforts that do not include children and do not address the media images of mental illnesses that foster unfavorable stereotypes may permit continued development of negative attitudes toward people with psychiatric disorders.
Subject terms:
mass media, mental health problems, models, stereotyped attitudes, anti-oppressive practice, attitudes, audio visual media, children, discrimination;
A Royal College of Psychiatrists campaign is looking to encourage the public to be more tolerant of people with mental health problems The campaign is unique among the current anti-stigma campaigns in that it is aimed not only at the public but also at the medical and caring professions. It has been targeting doctors and other health care professionals who are just as likely as any of us to stigmatise people with, for example, drug addiction problems or eating disorders.
A Royal College of Psychiatrists campaign is looking to encourage the public to be more tolerant of people with mental health problems The campaign is unique among the current anti-stigma campaigns in that it is aimed not only at the public but also at the medical and caring professions. It has been targeting doctors and other health care professionals who are just as likely as any of us to stigmatise people with, for example, drug addiction problems or eating disorders.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, psychiatric social work, psychiatry, public opinion, severe mental health problems, stereotyped attitudes, stigma, children, discrimination;
NORTHERN IRELAND COMMISSIONER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Publisher:
Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
Publication year:
2020
Pagination:
115
Place of publication:
Belfast
This second statement reviews the state of children’s rights in Northern Ireland in relation to implementing the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It includes reflection on each of the nine Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY) priorities; these are prefaced with the relevant UNCRC Articles, the UN Committee’s Concluding Observations, followed by the current context in respect of children’s rights, followed by NICCY’s calls to Government. and the nine Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY) priorities. The priorities covered include: educational inequalities, mental health, child poverty, safeguarding, youth justice, UK withdrawal from EU ‘Brexit’, legacy of the conflict, participation, and challenging discrimination.
(Edited publisher abstract)
This second statement reviews the state of children’s rights in Northern Ireland in relation to implementing the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It includes reflection on each of the nine Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY) priorities; these are prefaced with the relevant UNCRC Articles, the UN Committee’s Concluding Observations, followed by the current context in respect of children’s rights, followed by NICCY’s calls to Government. and the nine Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY) priorities. The priorities covered include: educational inequalities, mental health, child poverty, safeguarding, youth justice, UK withdrawal from EU ‘Brexit’, legacy of the conflict, participation, and challenging discrimination.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
children, childrens rights, safeguarding children, education, government policy, mental health problems, poverty, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, young people, youth justice, European Union, participation, discrimination;
The 2013 annual report of the Chief Medical Officer looks at the epidemiology of public mental health, the quality of evidence, and possible future innovations. It aims to increase transparency about progress within public health and to help encourage improvements across England. The first chapters provide the Chief Medical Officer's response to the evidence-base and the challenges facing public health in England. They also make 14 recommendations to improve the public’s mental health. These are grouped into the areas of: commissioning and service development; information, intelligence an data, work, workforce training and practice; and policy. The remainder of the report is written by a range of internationally recognised experts who provide evidence about key issues in public mental health in England. Sections covered are: science and technology; mental health across the life course (covering children, young people, adults and older adults); the economic case for better public mental health: parity of esteem and the importance of treating mental health as equal to physical health; and the needs and safety of people with mental illness. This section includes discussion of violence, suicide and self-harm; addictions, dependence and substance misuse; and ethnic inequalities and social exclusion. Key highlights from the report include the need to acknowledge that mental health is just as important as mental health and the need to help people with mental illness stay in work.
(Edited publisher abstract)
The 2013 annual report of the Chief Medical Officer looks at the epidemiology of public mental health, the quality of evidence, and possible future innovations. It aims to increase transparency about progress within public health and to help encourage improvements across England. The first chapters provide the Chief Medical Officer's response to the evidence-base and the challenges facing public health in England. They also make 14 recommendations to improve the public’s mental health. These are grouped into the areas of: commissioning and service development; information, intelligence an data, work, workforce training and practice; and policy. The remainder of the report is written by a range of internationally recognised experts who provide evidence about key issues in public mental health in England. Sections covered are: science and technology; mental health across the life course (covering children, young people, adults and older adults); the economic case for better public mental health: parity of esteem and the importance of treating mental health as equal to physical health; and the needs and safety of people with mental illness. This section includes discussion of violence, suicide and self-harm; addictions, dependence and substance misuse; and ethnic inequalities and social exclusion. Key highlights from the report include the need to acknowledge that mental health is just as important as mental health and the need to help people with mental illness stay in work.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
prevention, mental health problems, public health, wellbeing, evidence, stigma, discrimination, violence, suicide, self-harm, ethnicity, children, young people, adults, older people, intervention;
Introductory text aimed at helping qualifying and practising social workers to: understand and counteract the impact of discrimination; work in an ethnically sensitive way; and demonstrate an awareness of ways to combat both individual and institutional racism through anti-racist practice.
Introductory text aimed at helping qualifying and practising social workers to: understand and counteract the impact of discrimination; work in an ethnically sensitive way; and demonstrate an awareness of ways to combat both individual and institutional racism through anti-racist practice.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, psychology, racism, social work education, social work methods, social work theories, anti-discriminatory practice, anti-racist practice, black and minority ethnic people, children, discrimination;
Fact sheet on the mental health problems of children and young people. Includes sections on: statistics; relevant legal issues; specific problems (such as depression, schizophrenia, suicide and self harm, eating disorders, sex and sexuality, sleep problems, disability, school problems and drugs); and sources of help and information.
Fact sheet on the mental health problems of children and young people. Includes sections on: statistics; relevant legal issues; specific problems (such as depression, schizophrenia, suicide and self harm, eating disorders, sex and sexuality, sleep problems, disability, school problems and drugs); and sources of help and information.
Subject terms:
law, mental health problems, physical disabilities, racial discrimination, schizophrenia, school phobia, severe mental health problems, sexuality, social care provision, suicide, young people, child abuse, children, depression, drug misuse, eating disorders, discrimination, sleep problems;
housing, learning disabilities, mental health problems, offenders, older people, physical disabilities, service users, social services, social care provision, social work methods, anti-racist practice, black and minority ethnic people, children, discrimination, education, employment, groups;