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Examining the impact of this is my brave on mental illness stigma and willingness to seek help: a pilot study
- Author:
- KOSYLUK Kristin
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 54(3), 2018, p.276–281.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This Is My Brave (TIMB) is a contact-based mental illness stigma reduction program, set in theaters, meant to reduce stigma, increase beliefs about empowerment and recovery, and improve attitudes towards treatment seeking for mental health concerns. The authors conducted the first empirical evaluation of TIMB using a pre-post survey design. Approximately 481 audience members of TIMB performances were invited to complete a survey of stigmatizing attitudes towards mental illness, beliefs about recovery and empowerment, and willingness to seek treatment at pre-and post-performance. Analyses of responses from 372 participants using paired samples t-tests revealed changes in the desired direction on all variables from pre-test to post-test. Audience members experienced a decrease in stigma, improvements in beliefs about recovery and empowerment, and greater willingness to seek treatment. TIMB is a promising stigma-reduction program and there is a need for a more detailed investigation of the program’s impact using more rigorous methodology. (Publisher abstract)
'I'm loving life': adolescents' empowering experiences of living with a mental illness
- Authors:
- KRANKE Derrick, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Qualitative Social Work, 14(1), 2015, pp.102-118.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Objective: Self-stigma is a common phenomenon among adolescents suffering from psychiatric disorders; however, this important research area has received little attention. Furthermore, there is a lack of clarity in the current literature on what makes individuals more or less likely to experience self-stigma. The objectives of the article are to identify the external conditions that help promote empowerment and present a model that explicates the process of those adolescents who do not self-stigmatise. Methods: In this qualitative study, the authors examine the cases of three adolescents between the ages of 12-17 who were taking psychiatric medication. Adolescents' experiences and perceptions of psychiatric treatment were gathered using the TeenSEMI, coded responses, utilised Atlas.ti software to connect and hyperlink the codes, and constructed individual narratives that ultimately elicited an empowerment process among the adolescents. Results: Themes were identified that helped adolescents to buffer against self-stigma; and the components of the empowerment process were categorised as: diminish, normalise and attribute. Conclusion and implications for practice: The authors compare their empowerment model with an adolescent self-stigma model and identify key differences that may mitigate the effects of self-stigma. Although there are limitations to the generalisability of the study, interventions applicable to youths with mental illness, as well as family and peer are recommended. This study indicates positive outcomes among adolescents who adhere to and are engaged in treatment. (Edited publisher abstract)
The end of stigma?: changes in the social experience of long-term illness
- Author:
- GREEN Gill
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 156p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The author investigates the contemporary experiences of stigma and examines stigma in relation to a variety of long term conditions such as HIV, mental illness and substance misuse. Chapter two reviews the concept of stigma and looks at the ways in which the concept has been defined and applied in understanding long-term illness. Chapter three looks at the technological, personal and organizational challenges to stigma and exclusion. Chapters on HIV, mental health and substance misuse follow. The concluding chapter discusses the challenges and asks whether we are arriving 'at the end of stigma?'. The author demonstrates that people with long-term conditions refuse to be defined by their condition and highlights their increasingly powerful voice.
Etiological paradigms of depression: the relationship between perceived causes, empowerment, treatment preferences, and stigma
- Authors:
- GOLDSTEIN Benjamin, ROSSELLI Francine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 12(6), December 2003, pp.551-563.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
There is a growing trend to view depression as a biological illness rather than a psychosocial condition, even though there is no consensus as to what causes depression. Furthermore, there are mixed data on the impact of advocating the biological model. This study examined public perceptions concerning the etiology of depression as well as the relationship between such perceptions and treatment preferences, empowerment, and stigma. Survey techniques were used to assess how 66 college students view the etiology of depression. Etiology beliefs, as well as demographic data, were regressed upon measures of treatment preference, empowerment, and stigma. Factor analysis produced three distinct models of etiology: biological, psychological, and environmental. Regression analyses showed that endorsement of the biological model was associated with increased empowerment, preference for psychotherapy, and decreased stigma. Endorsing the psychological model was associated with an increased belief that people can help themselves and increased stigma. Endorsing the environmental model was associated with a mixture of positive and negative beliefs concerning depression. Endorsement of each etiological model is associated with both positive and negative consequences. The current public emphasis on viewing depression as biologically based should thus be viewed with some caution.