Coming out proud to erase the stigma of mental illness

Corrigan, Patrick W.

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“…Corrigan and colleagues examined the value of fame in stigma change by comparing the impact of disclosure vignettes from a celebrity versus a non-celebrity ( Corrigan, Kundert & Laique, 2022 ). The celebrity vignette came from US pop singer Mariah Carey who has spoken out about living with bipolar disorder, and the non-celebrity vignette was selected from a published compendium of recovery narratives which describe living with depression and schizophrenia ( Corrigan, Larson & Michaels, 2015 ). The vignettes were matched on gender, race, and age.…”

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Impact of celebrity disclosure on mental health-related stigma

Gronholm

Thornicroft

2022

Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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Mental health stigma and discrimination are global problems, and their reduction is recognised as an important public health priority. Involving celebrities in stigma reduction is increasingly common. This Editorial considers the impact of celebrity disclosure on mental health-related stigma; that is, whether and how a famous person openly speaking about their experience of mental health conditions can reduce stigma. Potential explanations for how celebrity mental health disclosures can influence mental health-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviours are outlined, followed by an overview of evidence on how celebrity disclosure operates to reduce stigma. Considering the available evidence, we provide a number of conclusions and recommendations for how celebrities can effectively be involved in anti-stigma efforts, and what considerations this requires. It is fair to say that celebrity disclosures can support stigma-reduction efforts through increasing the public's awareness of mental health, modelling behaviour and generating openness on speaking about mental health problems, and on seeking help when needed. However, whether celebrity disclosure achieves changes in mental health stigma-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviours depends on the extent to which there is a match between the attributes of the famous person, the content shared in their disclosure narrative and the intended audience of the message. Further research is needed on all these questions to better understand how to successfully utilise the potentially huge power of celebrity disclosure in large-scale anti-stigma efforts.

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Section: Evidence Of How Celebrity Disclosure Operates To Reduce Stigmamentioning

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Impact of celebrity disclosure on mental health-related stigma

Gronholm

Thornicroft

2022

Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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“…Perceived communication ability and performance: Based on Douglas's La Trobe Communication Questionnaire (LCQ) [34], Savundranayagam's Communication Problems Scale [35], and Corrigan's Self-stigma of Mental Illness Scale [36], we selected and modified nine items to assess the communication ability and performance of the older person, shown as Q 1 -Q 9 in Table I. We changed the presentation of the original items to adapt to this study (e.g., Q 2 was modified from "Need a long time to think before answering the other person" of LCQ).…”

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Assistant Robot Enhances the Perceived Communication Quality of People With Dementia: A Proof of Concept

Zhou

Barakova

et al. 2022

IEEE Trans. Human-Mach. Syst.

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“…These scales reflect the current state of knowledge about stigma measurement (with a focus on health providers and persons with MISUI), as well as the feasibility of implementation at CESFAMs. They include: the Opening Minds Scale for Health Care Providers OMS-HC (83,87,88), Mental Illness: Clinicians' Attitudes (MICA) (89), Modified Bogardus Social Distance Scale (90,91) or Grandon Social Distance Scale (92), Recovery Scale for Providers (RS) (93), and the Recovery Self-Assessment-Revised (RSA-R) scale (94). This questionnaire will be completed at four time-points (baseline, mid-point, end-point, and 6-month follow-up).…”

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Reducing stigma toward mental illness and substance use issues in primary health care in Chile: Protocol of a cluster controlled trial study

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BackgroundChile is implementing a Community Mental Health Model with a strong role of primary health care (PHC). PHC has great potential to early detection and provision of accessible and coordinated services to people who present mental illness and/or substance use issues (MISUI). However, stigma toward people with MISUI among PHC professionals is a significant barrier to accessing good quality of care. A wealth of literature supports the importance of reducing stigma for this population. The main goal of this research project is to determine the effectiveness of a comprehensive anti-stigma intervention in reducing stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors among PHC providers toward individuals with MISUI in the Chilean context, using Centros de Salud Familiar (CESFAMs) as the point of intervention.MethodsThe intervention is based on an initiative that was previously developed in Canada and then also pilot-tested in Lima, Peru, with the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (Ontario, Canada). The model will be culturally adapted with CESFAM PHC provider and user inputs to be relevant and valid to Chile. The 18-month intervention includes five (5) components that are simultaneously implemented in CESFAMs: (1) Develop a Team of Local Champions in each intervention CESFAM, comprising PHC providers and users; (2) Analysis of Internal CESFAM Policies, Procedures, and Protocols to determine areas of improvement in service delivery for individuals with MISUI; (3) Raising Awareness of stigma toward MISUI using various forms of media within the CESFAM; (4) Innovative Contact-Based Education workshops on anti-stigma and recovery principles, co-lead by academic/clinical trainers and a person with lived experience of MISUI; and (5) Recovery-Based Arts, a multi-week arts workshop for PHC providers and users to produce artwork related to MISUI and recovery, culminating in an exhibition to showcase artwork for the CESFAM providers, users, and community. The expected intervention outcomes are the following: Participation in the experimental group will result in a significant decrease in stigmatizing attitudes among PHC providers toward individuals with MISUI compared with the control group as measured by the Chilean version of the Opening Minds Scale for Health Care Providers Scale (OMS-HC); Participation in the experimental group will result in a significant decrease of PHC users experiences of stigma conveyed by PHC providers compared with the control group as measured by the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) scale, validated for the Chilean population. The changes in attitudes and behaviors within the experimental group will be sustained over time as measured at 6 months-follow-up. To evaluate the effectiveness of this 18-month intervention, a 4-year, two-arm, cluster-randomized controlled trial is proposed, with CESFAMs being the unit of randomization (or “cluster”). Implementation Science approach will be taken to measure relevant implementation outcomes for each component of the intervention, and through qualitative data collection with CESFAM providers and authorities. Data analysis will be carried out using SAS 9.4 (specifically, using POC MIXED and PROC GENMOD) and R 3.5. Mixed-effect modeling will used for both PHC provider and user data, which will include individuals and CESFAMs as random effects and group (intervention/control) as fixed effects.DiscussionThis study represents a new stage of relevant and innovative research in mental health and stigma in Chile that will contribute to improving access and quality of care for people with MISUI. Evaluating the impact of the intervention model and its implementation will provide the necessary tools to scale the intervention up to other CESFAMs across Chile.Clinical trial registration[www.ClinicalTrials.gov], identifier [NCT05578066].

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Coming out proud to erase the stigma of mental illness

Cited by 196 publications

References 8 publications

Impact of celebrity disclosure on mental health-related stigma

Impact of celebrity disclosure on mental health-related stigma

Assistant Robot Enhances the Perceived Communication Quality of People With Dementia: A Proof of Concept

Reducing stigma toward mental illness and substance use issues in primary health care in Chile: Protocol of a cluster controlled trial study

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