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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.