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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.
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.
Anti-stigma films and medical students’ attitudes towards mental illness and psychiatry: randomised controlled trial
- Authors:
- KERBY Jane, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 32(9), September 2008, pp.345-349.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
Explores the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of the effects of two anti-stigma films on medical students’ attitudes to serious mental illness and psychiatry. Attitudes to serious mental illness, perceived dangerousness, social distance and psychiatry, were measured before and after watching the films and at 8 weeks. Intervention films significantly improved general attitudes to serious mental illness and social distance, with a trend towards reducing perceived dangerousness. These effects appeared to attenuate during the students’ clinical placements, suggesting a possible interaction with their clinical experiences. Results suggest both that it may be possible to conduct a substantive trial of the effects of the intervention films on a larger cohort of medical students and that the films may be effective in reducing stigmatising attitudes in medical students.
Getting our message across
- Authors:
- DUNION Linda M., GORDON Lindsay
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, December 2006, pp.29-31.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Scotland's 'see me' campaign was launched in October 2002 to challenge stigma and discrimination around mental ill health in Scotland. As part of the campaign, 'see me' developed a process for recruiting, training and supporting individuals to do media interviews about their experiences of stigma. This article reports on the success of the volunteer bureau, which has been expanded beyond stigma to includes individuals able to speak firsthand about recovery, suicide and broader mental health issues.