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Ignorance is not bliss
- Authors:
- KAMINSKI Peter, HARTY Charles
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 13.1.00, 2000, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The authors describe a project to tackle the prejudice faced by people with mental illness.
Attitudes to mental illness 2013: research report
- Author:
- TNS-BMRB
- Publisher:
- TNS-BMRB
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 59
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents the findings of a survey of attitudes towards mental illness among adults in England. The data show public attitudes towards mental illness have improved significantly with the biggest annual improvement in the last decade taking place in 2013. The report shows that more people than ever before are acknowledging that they know someone with a mental health problem. However, despite these improvements attitudes around employment are lagging behind and nearly half of respondents said they would feel uncomfortable talking to an employer about their own mental health. Other major improvements include 79 per of people now acknowledging that people with a mental illness have for too long been the subject of ridicule, compared with 75 per cent in 2008 and 83 per cent agreed that no one has the right to exclude people with a mental illness from their neighbourhood compared with 74 per cent in 2008. The overall the picture is one of a general shift to more tolerant attitudes and greater recognition that people should not be discriminated against on the grounds of their mental health. (Edited publisher abstract)
Time to Change campaign through the eyes of a service user. Invited commentary on...Evaluation of England’s Time to Change programme
- Author:
- NETTLE Mary
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 202(s55), April 2013, pp.s102-s103.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The Time to Change campaign and its evaluation in this supplement are looked at from a service user’s perspective. A number of achievements are applauded, but pertinent questions about the campaign analysis are raised and a qualitative evaluation is called for. (Publisher abstract)
Influence of Time to Change’s social marketing interventions on stigma in England 2009-2011
- Authors:
- EVANS-LACKO Sara, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 202(s55), April 2013, pp.s77-s88.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
England’s Time To Change (TTC) social marketing campaign emphasised social contact between people with and without mental health problems to reduce stigma and discrimination. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the mass media component and also that of the mass social contact events. Online interviews were performed before and after each burst of mass media social marketing to evaluate changes in knowledge, attitudes and behaviour and associations between campaign awareness and outcomes. Participants at social contact events were asked about the occurrence and quality of contact, attitudes, readiness to discuss mental health and intended behaviour towards people with mental health problems. Prompted campaign awareness was 38-64%. A longitudinal improvement was noted for one intended behaviour item but not for knowledge or attitudes. Campaign awareness was positively associated with greater knowledge and more favourable attitudes and intended behaviour. Social contact at events demonstrated a positive impact on perceived attitude change. Contact quality predicted more positive attitude change and greater confidence to challenge stigma. The favourable short-term consequences of the social marketing campaign suggest that social contact can be used by anti-stigma programmes to reduce stigma. (Edited publisher abstract)
Stigma and discrimination in mental health
- Author:
- NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT UNIT
- Publisher:
- National Mental Health Development Unit
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This fact sheet highlights stigma and discrimination in mental health services. It outlines how nearly nine out of 10 people (87%) with mental health problems have been affected by stigma and discrimination. More than two thirds of people with mental health problems (71%) say they have stopped doing things they wanted to do because of stigma. Even more (73%) say they have stopped doing things they wanted to do because of fear of stigma and discrimination. People with mental health problems say that stigma and discrimination affect all aspects of their lives: work, education, friendships, community participation, going to the shops, going out to the pub, talking to other people about their mental health problems. The report describes how mental health affects crime and violence, employment, economic costs and public attitudes and media reporting. The report suggests that stigma and fear can stop people seeking help at an early stage for their mental health problems.
All change?
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, September 2010, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The charitably funded Time to Change campaign was launched in January 2009 aiming to reduce discrimination experienced by those with experience of mental illness by 5% by 2012. The author discusses whether this campaign is having any impact. The campaign has 35 projects in all, including local community projects, a national high-profile campaign, a mass-participation physical activity week, legal test cases, training for student doctors and teachers, and a network of grassroots activists combating discrimination. Research recently published by the Institute of Psychiatry showed that the overall level of discrimination reported by people who experience a mental health problem has dropped by 4% in the past 12 months. Discrimination faced when searching for a job had decreased by 9% and there was a 6% reduction in the number of people who reported losing their job due to a mental health problem. In addition findings from the Department of Health’s study, Attitudes to Mental Illness 2010, showed a 2.2% improvement in public attitudes from 2008 to 2010, with a significant 1.3% improvement in attitudes from 2009 to 2010, when the start of the Time to Change campaign began. The findings to date are considered encouraging.
Time to change
- Author:
- STRINGER Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 14(1), February 2010, pp.24-34.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article profiles Time to Change, England’s most ambitious programme of work to tackle the stigma and discrimination that people with mental health problems face. The programme is run by the charities Mind and Rethink, with the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College, London as their evaluation partner. It is funded with £16m from the Big Lottery Fund and £4m from Comic Relief. The aims of Time to Change are: to create a 5% positive shift in public attitudes to mental health problems; to achieve a 5% reduction in discrimination by 2012; to increase the ability of 100,000 people with mental health problems to address discrimination; to engage over 250,000 people in physical activity; and to produce a powerful evidence base of what works. The highest profile element of Time to Change has been a national social marketing campaign to change public attitudes and behaviour which comprised of adverts in national newspapers and magazines, posters, TV adverts, and online films. Other elements of Time to Change described in this article are local community projects, physical activity events, and the Open Up, Time to Challenge, and Education Not Discrimination initiatives.
Breaking prejudice
- Author:
- RETHINK
- Publisher:
- Rethink
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The stigma face by people with a mental illness can create social isolation, reduce opportunities and make recovery more difficult. This report looks at the evidence for effective anti-stigma marketing campaigns, in particular Rethink's experience in Norwich and Northern Ireland. The Norwich and Northern Ireland campaigns are described. There is then some discussion of their impact based on the results of telephone surveys carried out before and after the campaigns. Lessons from Norwich and Northern Ireland are discussed. The report concludes with recommendations, including that the government needs to fund anti-stigma projects nationally and on a long term basis.
An uncertain revolution: why the rise of a genetic model of mental illness has not increased tolerance
- Author:
- SCHNITTER Jason
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 67(9), November 2008, pp.1370-1381.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This study uses the 2006 replication of the 1996 General Social Survey Mental Health Module to explore trends in public beliefs about mental illness in the USA. Drawing on three models related to the framing of genetic arguments in popular media, the study attempts to address why tolerance of the mentally ill has not increased, despite the growing popularity of a biomedical view. The key to resolving this paradox lies in understanding how genetic arguments interact with other beliefs about mental illness, as well as the complex ideational implications of genetic frameworks. Genetic arguments have contingent relationships with tolerance. When applied to schizophrenia, genetic arguments are positively associated with fears regarding violence. Indeed, in this regard, attributing schizophrenia to genes is no different from attributing schizophrenia to bad character. However, when applied to depression, genetic arguments are positively associated with social acceptance. In addition to these contingencies, genetic explanations have discontinuous relationships with beliefs regarding treatment. Although genetic arguments are positively associated with recommending medical treatment, they are not associated with the perceived likelihood of improvement. The net result of these assorted relationships is little change in overall levels of tolerance over time. Because of the blunt nature of the forces propelling a biomedical view—including the growing popularity of psychiatric medications—altering beliefs about the etiology of mental illness is unlikely, on its own, to increase tolerance.
Media, mental health and discrimination: a frame of reference for understanding reporting trends
- Authors:
- KNIFTON Lee, QUINN Neil
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 10(1), February 2008, pp.23-31.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Mental health-related stigma and discrimination are significant public health issues. Media reports can both reflect and influence public attitudes. This article develops a frame of reference that identifies a range of themes that can be used to capture a representative picture of trends in the range and balance of reporting different mental health problems. The frame of reference was applied to assess trends in schizophrenia reports in the broadsheet media in Scotland, between 2001 and 2005, to coincide with See Me, a national anti-stigma media campaign. It is suggested that a national media campaign can succeed in breaking the perceived link between schizophrenia and dangerousness. However, campaigns should give more emphasis to the range of subtle, negative reporting.