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The stigma of psychiatric disorders and the gender, ethnicity, and education of the perceiver
- Authors:
- CORRIGAN Patrick W., WATSON Amy C.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 43(5), October 2007, pp.439-458.
- Publisher:
- Springer
The purpose of this American study is to determine how the demographics of perceivers influence their stigma of people with mental illness or with substance abuse. A nationally representative sample (N = 968) was asked to respond to a vignette describing a person with a health condition (schizophrenia, drug dependence, or emphysema) and his/her family member. Consistent with the hypotheses, women were less likely to endorse stigma than men. Participants with higher education were also less likely to stigmatize than less educated participants. Contrary to our expectations, non-white research participants were more likely to endorse stigma than whites. Implications of these findings for better understanding the stigma of mental illness, and the development of anti-stigma programs, are reviewed.
Talking through the taboo
- Author:
- NAQVI Shahid
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, July/August 2018, p.31.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
After noticing a reluctance to talk about topics such as mental health or drug use in the Sikh and Punjabi communities, senior social worker Kiran Kaur Grewal set up The Sikh and Punajabi Taboo Forum. She talks to the author about how she hopes the Forum will raise awareness and help breakdown barriers by bringing together service users, professionals and charities. (Edited publisher abstract)
Psychiatrists’ attitudes toward individuals with substance use disorders and serious mental illness
- Authors:
- AVERY Jonathan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 9(4), 2013, pp.322-326.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Objective: The attitudes of psychiatrists toward individuals with highly stigmatized conditions such as substance use disorders and serious mental illness may influence treatment effectiveness. These attitudes may be influenced by factors including previous specialty training and current practice patterns. This study examined the attitudes of addiction and community psychiatrists toward individuals with diagnosed schizophrenia, polysubstance dependence, comorbid schizophrenia and polysubstance dependence, and depression. Methods: A web-based survey link was sent to the electronic mailing lists of addiction and community psychiatry associations. Results: A total of 84 respondents identified themselves as either addiction (n = 54) or community (n = 30) psychiatrists. The majority were male (70% of addiction and 57% of community psychiatrists) with an average age of 56.0 (SD = 11.86) and 52.7 (SD = 11.8), respectively. Addiction psychiatrists had less stigmatising attitudes than community psychiatrists for individuals with polysubstance dependence (p < .0001), while community psychiatrists had less stigmatising attitudes than addiction psychiatrists for those with schizophrenia (p < .0001). Attitudes toward individuals with dual diagnosis did not vary significantly by psychiatrist group, but both addiction and community psychiatrists had more stigmatising attitudes for individuals with dual diagnosis (p < .0001). Conclusions: These findings suggest that even psychiatrists working with highly stigmatised groups of individuals may continue to hold stigmatising attitudes toward people with other diseases. Future work is needed to further assess stigmatising attitudes among psychiatrists and the impact of these attitudes on quality of care, as well as interventions such as specialised education and training to reduce such stigma among psychiatrists. (Publisher abstract)
Stigma among people with dual diagnosis and implications for health services
- Authors:
- EVANS-LACKO Sara, THORNICROFT Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 3(1), February 2010, pp.4-7.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Although we know that stigma and discrimination can be apparent in personal relationships, such as intimate partner or family relationships, and in organisational settings, such as work, health care and housing, current literature suggests that stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness and people with substance abuse problems is common and makes a significant impact on people’s lives. Yet firm evidence about whether stigma and discrimination are experienced differently, or at higher levels, for people with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse is unclear. Given the high predominance of co-occurring disorders and the high levels of need among people with co-occurring disorders, understanding the varying levels of stigma and barriers to care encountered by this group is important for healthcare practitioners. The author concludes that despite the commonality of co-occurring disorders and high levels of need experienced by people with dual diagnosis, barriers to care may be even more prominent for this group compared to people with mental illness and substance abuse conditions alone. In summary, developing better understanding of the variations in experiences of stigma and discrimination and barriers to care will be important for meeting the needs of people with dual diagnosis.
Stamp Out Stigma campaign: challenging attitudes to support and build a recovery-orientated ethos in substance misuse, mental health and dual diagnosis services
- Authors:
- HIND Alix;, MANLEY David
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 3(1), February 2010, pp.23-25.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Stigma is a significant issue for people who experience dual diagnosis, and a number of researchers have investigated the attitudes of staff providing services – concluding that the attitudes are suboptimal. This article describes the development of the “Stamp Out Stigma” campaign developed by service users in Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust. It highlights the positive benefits the campaign can have for service users, staff and the services they receive and/or in which they work. The campaign included, among other things, service user mentoring and living books – where service users spent time in libraries where people could ‘borrow’ them for 30 minutes to hear their story. The article outlines how people may develop mental issues because of substance abuse, or may abuse substances because of mental issues, and that both problems needs to be addressed without the naive assumption that one causes the other.
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.
The role of Muslim faith-based programs in transforming the lives of people suffering with mental health and addiction problems
- Authors:
- JOZAGHI Ehsan, ASADULLAH Muhammad, DAHYA Azim
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Substance Use, 21(6), 2016, pp.587-593.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Many countries have trouble addressing the dual problems of mental health and addiction because of their extremely conventional health care models. This is particularly true of the refugees and immigrant populations who are often part of religious minorities. The current study is based on qualitative, in-depth interviews with eight faith-based programme volunteers. NVivo 10 was used to facilitate coding and analysis. The findings underscored the role of a faith-based project in making noticeable contributions that reduce the traditional stigma attached to addictions and mental health problems. This is the first study in Canada to particularly highlight addictions and mental health issues tackled by Muslims within their own community, and we capture the opinion of both practitioners and experts. As such, we build a foundation for future research in the field of substance use, harm reduction, and mental health issues in the Muslim community. (Edited publisher abstract)
The College’s Anti-Stigma Campaign, 1998-2003: a shortened version of the concluding report
- Authors:
- CRISP Arthur, COWEN Liz, HART Deborah
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 28(4), April 2004, pp.133-136.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
In autumn 1996, under the Presidency of Dr Robert Kendell, the College decided to mount a campaign to tackle the stigmatisation of people with mental illnesses. In 1997, a working party proposed goals, content, process and a 5-year governance. Other campaigns, both here and abroad, have either generically addressed ‘mental health problems’ (e.g. Mind’s ‘Respect’ Campaign) or targeted a specific mental illness, e.g. the World Psychiatric Association’s anti-stigma campaign in respect of people with schizophrenia. Our working party decided that it might be timely to recognise the differences in public attitudes to the variety of mental illnesses. The campaign thus addressed six categories of mental illness: anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, schizophrenia, the dementias, eating disorders, and drug and alcohol misuse/addiction. Target populations were identified as doctors, children and adolescents, the workplace, the media and the general public. The working party had also secured funding and arranged for a survey, in July 1998, by the Office for National Statistics of opinions of the British public concerning people with these mental illnesses. The Campaign started on 7 October 1998. Since that time, and drawing upon our survey findings within its initial literature review the Department of Health mounted its own anti-stigma campaign, ‘Mind Out for Mental Health’, which addressed a similar range of mental illnesses.