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See Me: workplace. Three year evaluation
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 39
- Place of publication:
- London
An evaluation of the See Me in Work programme, which aims to support employers to create a working environment that encourages an equal and fair recruitment process for those seeking employment; where people feel safe and able to talk openly about mental health in work, and where those returning to work following ill-health are fully supported back into the workplace. Implementation of the programme incorporates the following aspects: conduct a baseline Mental Health Check survey with staff; create an action plan to tackle mental health stigma, including promoting the e-Learning resource to staff; showcase this work to other employers; and repeat the Mental Health Check survey to show any change. The e-Learning evaluation indicates this resource is the right length, with relevant content that inspires employees to change their own behaviour and that in broader workplace. Organisations value the level of engagement and support they receive from the See Me in Work team. However, some organisations feel that the focus on stigma and discrimination is too narrow and would prefer a focus on broader mental health wellbeing. A more focused single outcome for organisations appeared to be beneficial for those who engaged with the Workplace Equality Fund. Organisations that engaged with the pilot of the Starter Pack found the process to be engaging and helpful. The report makes a number of recommendations, including continuing to engage with the rural local authority to ensure evidence is captured on how to tackle stigma and discrimination in a small community; and considering a broader focus on mental health wellbeing rather than mental health stigma and discrimination. (Edited publisher abstract)
Theoretical and practical considerations for combating mental illness stigma in health care
- Authors:
- UNGAR Thomas, KNAAK Stephanie, SZETO Andrew C.H.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 52(3), 2016, pp.262-271.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Reducing the stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness is becoming an increasingly important focus for research, policy, programming and intervention work. While it has been well established that the healthcare system is one of the key environments in which persons with mental illnesses experience stigma and discrimination there is little published literature on how to build and deliver successful anti-stigma programs in healthcare settings, towards healthcare providers in general, or towards specific types of practitioners. This paper addresses this gap by providing a set of theoretical considerations for guiding the design and implementation of anti-stigma interventions in healthcare. (Edited publisher abstract)
Evidence for effective interventions to reduce mental health-related stigma and discrimination in the medium and long term: systematic review
- Authors:
- MEHTA N., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 207(5), 2015, pp.377-384.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Background: Most research on interventions to counter stigma and discrimination has focused on short-term outcomes and has been conducted in high-income settings. Aims: To synthesise what is known globally about effective interventions to reduce mental illness-based stigma and discrimination, in relation first to effectiveness in the medium and long term (minimum 4 weeks), and second to interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Method: Searches were conducted on six databases from 1980 to 2013 and a multi-language Google search was carried out for quantitative studies addressing the research questions. Effect sizes were calculated from eligible studies where possible, and narrative syntheses conducted. Subgroup analysis compared interventions with and without social contact. Results: Eighty studies (n = 422 653) were included in the review. For studies with medium or long-term follow-up (72, of which 21 had calculable effect sizes) median standardised mean differences were 0.54 for knowledge and −0.26 for stigmatising attitudes. Those containing social contact (direct or indirect) were not more effective than those without. The 11 LMIC studies were all from middle-income countries. Effect sizes were rarely calculable for behavioural outcomes or in LMIC studies. Conclusions: There is modest evidence for the effectiveness of anti-stigma interventions beyond 4 weeks follow-up in terms of increasing knowledge and reducing stigmatising attitudes. Evidence does not support the view that social contact is the more effective type of intervention for improving attitudes in the medium to long term. Methodologically strong research is needed on which to base decisions on investment in stigma-reducing interventions. (Edited publisher abstract)
Barriers to employment: what works for people with mental health problems
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing identifies where the main barriers to employment still lie, what we know about which interventions work (and should be provided more widely), and where there are gaps in evidence-based interventions and what might be tested to develop that evidence. The briefing describes supports which are currently available for people wanting to work, and calls for a more widespread implementation of best practice. One such instance is Individual Placement and Support (IPS), an approach to helping people with severe mental illness to get back into employment; but although Its evidence base is well-established, its availability across the UK is patchy..Using personal budgets is suggested as an option for funding IPS. The briefing comments on the effects of policies such as universal credit (UC), and the work capability assessment (WCA): these do little to tackle inequalities in employment rates for those with mental health problems or other disabilities. The briefing urges commissioners and providers of both employment services and health and social care to make support into employment a priority: employers also need support to be able to help existing employees who develop mental health problems. . (Edited publisher abstract)
Changing stigmatizing perceptions and recollections about mental illness: the effects of NAMI’s In Our Own Voice
- Authors:
- CORRIGAN Patrick W., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 46(5), October 2010, pp.517-522.
- Publisher:
- Springer
In Our Own Voice (IOOV) is a 90-min anti-stigma video that comprises face-to-face stories of challenges of mental illness and hopes and dreams commensurate with recovery. The video was reduced to a 30-min version, using information from two focus groups. This study contrasts the effects of 90- versus 30-min IOOV program against 30 min of education. Two hundred research participants were randomly assigned to one of these three conditions and completed a measure of stigmatizing perceptions and recollections. People in the education group remembered more negatives than the two IOOV groups. To control for overall response rate, a difference ratio was determined (difference in positive and negative recollection divided by overall recollections). Results showed the two IOOV conditions had significantly better ratios than education. These findings suggest the 30 min version of IOOV is as effective as the 90 min standard.
SCIE research briefing 38: mental health, employment and the social care workforce
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, SEYMOUR Linda, et al
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This research briefing draws on research, policy and guidance to summarise the evidence on what prevents people with mental health problems from working or retaining work in social care and what can be done to enable them to work. In particular it looks at evidence about discriminatory practice against people with mental health problems; and the evidence about recruitment and retention practices that can help in securing and retaining employment in the social care workforce. The implications for the policy community, practitioners, primary care, employees and for taking therapies are also provided.
Mental health, employment and the social care workforce
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Place of publication:
- London
This report summarises evidence on what prevents people with mental health problems from working or retaining work in social care and what can be done to enable them to work. It provides a summary of a range of policy and programmes designed to enable people with mental health problems to gain, retain and regain work, with specific focus on employment in social care. Sections cover: the importance of mental health in employment; what keeps people with mental health problems from working in social care?; law, policy and guidance related to mental health and employment; the social care workplace and mental health; what helps people with mental health problems gain and regain employment?; and who helps people with mental health problems gain and regain employment?. Staff highlighted are those in primary care, occupational health staff, human resources staff and line managers. Links to additional resources are also included.
Key ingredients - target groups, methods and messages, and evaluation—of local-level, public interventions to counter stigma and discrimination: a lived experience informed selective narrative literature review
- Authors:
- ASHTON Laura J., GORDON Sarah E., REEVES Racheal A.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 54(3), 2018, pp.312-333.
- Publisher:
- Springer
A proliferation of recent literature provides substantial direction as to the key ingredients—target groups, messages and methods, and evaluation—of local-level, public interventions to counter stigma and discrimination. This paper provides a selective narrative review of that literature from the perspective or standpoint of anti-stigma experts with lived experience of mental distress, the key findings of which have been synthesised and presented in diagrammatic overviews (infographics). These are intended to guide providers in planning, delivering and evaluating lived experience-directed local-level, public interventions to counter stigma and discrimination in accord with current best practice. (Publisher abstract)
Toward transformative practice: facilitating access and barrier-free services with LGBTTIQQ2SA populations
- Authors:
- LAMOUREUX Alexandra, JOSEPH Ameil J.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 12(3), 2014, pp.212-230.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article explores the process of critical reflection on the development and implementation of a strategy to provide more appropriate access and barrier-free services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, 2-Spirited, and allies (LGBTTIQQ2SA) populations at a community-based early psychosis intervention mental health programme in Toronto. There is a long history of mental health assessment and diagnostic issues for LGBTTIQQ2SA populations that have been associated with the medicalising of difference and the pathologisation of gender and sexual orientation. The experiences of people of diverse gender identities, gender expressions, and sexual orientations have resulted in unique mental health service needs, requiring affirming and appropriate services that do not participate in the reproduction of Othering through labelling and stigmatisation. The strong relationship between institutionalised oppression, school victimisation, discrimination, LGBTTIQQ2SA-directed violence, and mental health issues highlight the complexities that demand critical reflection and reflexivity in order to transform mental health services beyond discursive or rhetorical changes. This article explores a summary of the findings and achievements in this journey toward transformation as well as lessons learned, recommendations for similar initiatives, and questions for future research and practice. (Edited publisher abstract)
Workplace interventions can reduce stigma
- Authors:
- KNIFTON Lee, WALKER Alice, QUINN Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 7(4), December 2009, pp.40-50.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Stigma and discrimination towards people with mental health problems is a global issue, imposing a considerable public health burden in terms of social isolation, limited life chances, delayed help-seeking behaviour and stress. While numerous initiatives have been undertaken to address these issues, an evidence base for what works is still emerging. This paper explores the impact of 15 population-level awareness workshops delivered over a five-month period to 137 participants. These were employees drawn from workplaces identified as being important in the day-to-day lives of people with mental health problems. Evaluation approaches maximised specificity, sensitivity and anonymity and they assessed participant knowledge, attitude and behaviour. The workshops significantly improved participant knowledge. Attitude change was more complex with an overall significant improvement in attitudes, particularly in relation to unpredictability and recovery, but not dangerousness, which had more positive baseline attitudes. Social distance, a proxy for behavioural intent, had significant improvements in relation to ‘moderate’ social contact only. Qualitative feedback indicated that complex, unanticipated and positive messages had been absorbed by participants and influenced beliefs and behavioural intent. Service user narratives focusing on recovery were identified as the most valuable component of the intervention.