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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.
Read all about it
- Author:
- O'HARA Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, July 2011, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Many studies have shown that the stigma experienced by people with mental health problems can be made worse by negative reporting in the media. A recent study has compared the reporting of mental health topics in headlines and articles published in major newspapers in the United Kingdom and the United States between the years 1985 and 2009. Findings indicate that there is still much negative coverage of mental health, particularly in the tabloid press.
Shunned: discrimination against people with mental illness
- Author:
- THORNICROFT Graham
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 301p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
People with mental illness commonly describe the stigma and discrimination they face as being worse than their main condition. The book presents clearly for a wide readership information about the nature and severity of discrimination against people with mental illness and what can be done to reduce this.
Duty of care: employment mental health and disability
- Author:
- CARR Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 2(1), March 2003, pp.16-23.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reviews research on employment and mental health, disability, stigma, work related stress and recent legislation, as well as personal experience, to give some insight into what employment means for people living with mental heath problems, how workplace can cause mental distress and why workplaces can be inaccessible for people disabled by mental health difficulties.
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.
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)
New perspectives and approaches to understanding dementia and stigma: a compendium of essays
- Editors:
- BAMFORD Sally-Marie, HOLLEY-MOORE George, WATSON Jessica
- Publisher:
- International Longevity Centre UK
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 62
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines the social stigma which surrounds dementia, highlighting that stigma is impeding early diagnosis, care and research into the disease. The report, published by the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK) in collaboration with the MRC, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Alzheimer’s Society and supported by the drug company Pfizer, discusses the impact the fear around dementia has on those living with the condition, their families and carers, which prevents the research community from capturing a full picture of the disease. According to data in the report, people over the age of 55 fear being diagnosed with dementia more than any other condition and at least 1 in 4 people hide their diagnosis, citing stigma as the reason. The issue of stigma is widely acknowledged as a serious challenge for people with dementia and their carers at the individual, family and societal level, and serves as a barrier to access care, support and treatment. The report considers the causes of stigma and explore this from a multidisciplinary perspective. After holding a high level discussion in the House of Lords, the themes that emerged were explored in this compendium, with contributions from across academia, the public and private sector and the voluntary sector. (Edited publisher abstract)
Newspaper coverage of mental illness in England 2008-2011
- Authors:
- THORNICROFT Amalia, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 202(s55), April 2013, pp.s64-s69.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Better newspaper coverage of mental health-related issues is a target for the Time to Change (TTC) anti-stigma programme in England, whose population impact may be influenced by how far concurrent media coverage perpetuates stigma and discrimination. This study compares English newspaper coverage of mental health-related topics each year of the TTC social marketing campaign (2009-2011) with baseline coverage in 2008. Content analysis was performed on articles in 27 local and national newspapers on two randomly chosen days each month. There was a significant increase in the proportion of anti-stigmatising articles between 2008 and 2011. There was no concomitant proportional decrease in stigmatising articles, and the contribution of mixed or neutral elements decreased. These findings provide promising results on improvements in press reporting of mental illness during the TTC programme in 2009-2011, and a basis for guidance to newspaper journalists and editors on reporting mental illness. (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.
The most savage insult: exposing the damage caused by the borderline personality disorder label
- Authors:
- SHAW Clare, SHULKES Debra
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 163, November 2010, pp.10-13.
- Publisher:
- MIND
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) aligns personality disorders with enduring, inflexible, socially deviant styles of thought and behaviour. Since being introduced to the DSM in 1980 borderline personality disorder (BPD) diagnosis has been criticised for several reasons including its lack of scientific reliability and validity; its biased construction, which pathologises the coping strategies and options of particular populations such as women; its inequitable patterns of diagnosis, 75% of those diagnosed are women at least 70% of whom were sexually abused as children; its overwhelming stigma; and its use as a punitive dust-bin diagnosis for those judged to be ‘bad’ patients because they are troublemakers or have failed to ‘respond’ to treatment. With reference to a case history, the authors argue that the diagnosis of BPD is causing extensive damage to the people it is supposed to help. It is leading to bad practice in services rather than meaningful support.