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Keep quiet about it
- Author:
- CARTER Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.12.05, 2005, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article looks at the personal experience of the stigma of mental health in a sample of people with mental health problems. Seventy-five people took part in the study which was carried out by North West Wales NHS Trust. Results show that stigma and the fear of negative reactions form others because of mental health problems are prevalent. A lower proportion of discrimination was reported compared to the experience of stigma. Future research will need to examine strategies found to be helpful in coping with stigma.
Experiences of discrimination among people using mental health services in England 2008-2011
- Authors:
- CORKER E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 202(s55), April 2013, pp.s58-s63.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
To determine whether the Time to Change (TTC) programme target of 5% reduction in discrimination against people using mental health services had been achieved, separate samples of people using mental health services were interviewed annually from 2008 to 2011 using the Discrimination and Stigma Scale. Ninety-one per cent of participants reported one or more experiences of discrimination in 2008 compared with 88% in 2011. The median negative discrimination score was 40% in 2008 and 28% in 2011. The proportion of participants experiencing no discrimination increased significantly over the course of TTC but by less than the initial target. The overall median discrimination score fell by 11.5%. Data from 2010 and 2011 suggest that these gains may be hard to maintain during economic austerity. (Edited publisher abstract)
We want to be able to work
- Author:
- MORGAN Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, October 2005, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The Highland Users Group is a network of people who use mental health services in the Highlands. This article reports on discussions within the group (meetings were held in 11 of their 13 branches, with 83 people taking part in discussions) too investigate why so few of the group were in employment.
Discrimination against people with a mental health diagnosis: qualitative analysis of reported experiences
- Authors:
- HAMILTON Sarah, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 23(2), 2014, pp.88-93.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Aims: The study explores experiences of reported discrimination described by mental health service users in a national survey in England. Method: Structured telephone interviews were conducted with 537 mental health service users, randomly selected from five National Health Service Trusts in England. Interviews asked about experiences of discrimination in different life areas. Twenty-three interviews were audio-recorded and qualitatively analysed to develop a typology of discrimination experiences. Results: Seven types of discrimination experiences were identified: organisational decisions; mistreatment; social distancing; stereotyping; lack of understanding; dismissiveness; and over-protectiveness. Conclusions: Discrimination should be understood as occurring within social relationships and influenced by expectations of contact within these relationships. A better understanding of these processes can help target more effective messages in anti-discrimination campaigns. (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)
Open up: campaigning against discrimination
- Authors:
- SASSOON Mina, SHAH Chandra
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 12(1), February 2008, pp.29-32.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Open Up is Mental Health Media's anti-discrimination project run by and for mental health service users. It operates in nine geographical regions in England and Wales. Each region has a part-time coordinator whose role is to network with groups and individuals, set up training courses, and support people who want to take forward action to challenge discrimination. The authors outline the development of the project, and describe how the training has been used at a local level to campaign against cuts.
All in the mind
- Author:
- ROSE Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.4.96, 1996, p.28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Community care was fully implemented three years ago this week, but a report reveals that people with mental health problems living in the community still suffer abuse, prejudice and harassment.
Mental distress and “self-stigma” in the context of support provision: exploring attributions of self-stigma as sanism
- Authors:
- ARMSTRONG Victoria, BRANDON Toby
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 24(1), 2020, pp.41-48.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the findings from a detailed qualitative PhD study exploring experiences of stigma and discrimination in the lives of people in receipt of “mental health support” at two voluntary sector organisations in the North East of England. Design/methodology/approach: Empirical material was collected during two periods of three-month long ethnographic periods of fieldwork from July to December of 2013 at two organisations providing support to their members who experience or have experienced mental distress. Along with field notes taken during and after periods of participant observation, the empirical material also included 30 interviews with staff (n=10) and members (n=20) across both organisations, along with a series of three focus groups at each organisation. Findings: Staff at the organisations did not demonstrate obvious stigmatising or discriminatory attitudes or behaviours. However, they did attribute “self-stigma” to particular attitudes and behaviours of some of the members they support, referring to how they “made excuses”, “did not try” and/or “avoided situations”. Originality/value: This paper argues that these attributions resulted from the misrecognition of members’ reactions to experiences of discrimination. The empirical material also suggests that these attributions of self-stigma may be indicative of the material limitations of the support environment, the consequent frustrations of well-intentioned staff, and, overall, as symptoms of neoliberalism. Drawing upon a Mad Studies approach and focussing on self-stigma and its attribution in contemporary mental health support, this paper provides a new perspective, which considers how stigma is linked to discrimination by rethinking what is thought of as “self-stigma”. (Publisher abstract)
More than words - intergenerational participation and mental health
- Authors:
- BALL Amy, CUMMERSON Rivkah
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 15(4), 2011, pp.175-182.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper describes a radio project involving intergenerational participation work in which young and older people using mental health services learnt how to interview, role play, and put radio shows together. Over one weekend in September 2010, 5 older people and 4 younger people, ranging in age from 14 to 85 years, explored their personal experiences of, and reactions to, age and mental health discrimination through the medium of radio. The project involved collaboration between Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and community radio. The project provided fun and the acquisition of new skills, resulting in a product that could reach a wide audience. Intergenerational work gave the participants an opportunity to challenge stereotypes and gain confidence, and the resulting radio programme invited listeners to challenge their own prejudices in relation to age and mental health.
Mental health stigma and discrimination: the experience within social work
- Authors:
- GORMLEY David, QUINN Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 21(4), December 2009, pp.259-272.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The stigma experienced by mental health service users has been examined by many authors but is rarely found within the social work literature. This paper explores the stigma experienced by service users within a social work context, and considers the strategies employed by various individuals and groups seeking to challenge the effects of stigma, highlighting the need to include social work in this debate. Semi-structured interviews were held with 6 social workers and 6 service users to determine their perspectives on some of the key concepts within the stigma discourse, on individuals’ experience of psychiatric services, on the relationships between professionals and service users, and the contribution of a recovery approach in addressing stigma. The paper concludes that local authority social work departments need to play a much more prominent role in tacking mental health stigma and discrimination. This requires policy developments, involvement of service users in planning and development of services, incorporating the experience of stigma within assessments, and improving multi-disciplinary collaboration to tackle stigma and discrimination. In addition, social work academics need to respond to the deficit of research in this area.