Competing perspectives on erasing the stigma of illness: What says the dodo bird?

Corrigan, Patrick W.; Fong, Mandy W.M.

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.05.027

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“…By targeting all individuals, rather than just those with mental health conditions, the campaign might be successful at changing the entire campus climate surrounding stigma. In fact, many researchers have discussed and documented the importance of similar types of processes in meso-level contexts to help reduce mental illness stigma (Cook et al 2014;Corrigan and Fong 2014;Kosyluk et al 2016;Thornicroft et al 2016). …”

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Contextualizing public stigma: Endorsed mental health treatment stigma on college and university campuses

Gaddis

Ramirez

Hernandez

2018

Social Science & Medicine

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Scholars suggest that public mental health stigma operates at a meso-level and is associated with severity of symptoms, disclosure, self-esteem, and treatment-seeking behavior. However, the operationalization of public stigma nearly always comes from an individual-level generalization of what others believe. Using data from over 60,000 students on 75 U.S. college and university campuses between 2009-2015, we contextualize public stigma by creating a school-level measure of students' individual-level endorsed mental health treatment stigma. We present multilevel logistic regression models for 21 different dependent variables. We find that even after controlling for individual-level stigma scores, school-level stigma is negatively associated with self-reports of suicidal ideation and self-injury, although not associated with screens for depression or anxiety. Moreover, school-level stigma is negatively associated with medication use, counseling and therapy visits, and to a lesser degree, informal support. We suggest that future research should continue to examine the contextual environment of public stigma, while policymakers may be able to implement changes to significantly reduce stigma at this level.

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Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

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Contextualizing public stigma: Endorsed mental health treatment stigma on college and university campuses

Gaddis

Ramirez

Hernandez

2018

Social Science & Medicine

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“…While only minorities of respondents held these beliefs, countering these perceptions through community education and increasing community contact with people with gambling problems to challenge these assumptions should help reduce societal stigma of problem gambling. However, Corrigan and Fong (2014) caution that effective stigma-change interventions need to be distinguished from those which are less effective and from those which may have unintended consequences. They found that contact generally had superior effects to education in reducing public stigma, but that longer-term effects were unknown.…”

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The Public Stigma of Problem Gambling: Its Nature and Relative Intensity Compared to Other Health Conditions

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Problem gambling attracts considerable public stigma, with deleterious effects on mental health and use of healthcare services amongst those affected. However, no research has examined the extent of stigma towards problem gambling within the general population. This study aimed to examine the stigma-related dimensions of problem gambling as perceived by the general public compared to other health conditions, and determine whether the publicly perceived dimensions of problem gambling predict its stigmatisation. A sample of 2000 Australian adults was surveyed, weighted to be representative of the state population by gender, age and location. Based on vignettes, the online survey measured perceived origin, peril, concealability, course and disruptiveness of problem gambling and four other health conditions, and desired social distance from each. Problem gambling was perceived as caused mainly by stressful life circumstances, and highly disruptive, recoverable and noticeable, but not particularly perilous. Respondents stigmatised problem gambling more than sub-clinical distress and recreational gambling, but less than alcohol use disorder and schizophrenia. Predictors of stronger stigma towards problem gambling were perceptions it is caused by bad character, is perilous, non-recoverable, disruptive and noticeable, but not due to stressful life circumstances, genetic/ inherited problem, or chemical imbalance in the brain. This new foundational knowledge can advance understanding and reduction of problem gambling stigma through countering inaccurate perceptions that problem gambling is caused by bad character, that people with gambling problems are likely to be violent to other people, and that people cannot recover from problem gambling.

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“…Currently, evidence-based principles regarding combatting work-related stigma are being developed. Research has generally found that knowledge-based mental health education is effective at reducing the stigma of mental illness (Corrigan and Fong 2014;Corrigan et al 2012;Dalky 2012) and that contact-based education (i.e. positive contact with a person with lived experience) can reduce prejudice and discrimination towards marginalized groups through increasing empathy and decreasing anxiety towards the contacted group (Pettigrew and Tropp 2008).…”

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Client, Contextual and Program Elements Influencing Supported Employment: A Literature Review

Kirsh

2016

Community Ment Health J

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Supported employment is an evidence-based practice with a well-established research base. Most studies track such outcomes as employment rates, time to employment and wages earned. Few studies address client and contextual factors that impact outcomes or consider program elements beyond those that comprise the individual placement and support model. This paper reviews existing literature to shed light on the following questions: (1) What impact do labour market trends have on the effectiveness of SE? (2) How lasting are the effects of SE and what factors influence longevity of SE effects? (3) What levels and types of employment are targeted by SE? (4) What are the characteristics of people who benefit from SE? (5) What is the role of peer support in SE? and (6) What are the barriers to effective SE implementation? Research findings are synthesized and suggestions for service enhancements are offered so that the model can continue to evolve.

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Competing perspectives on erasing the stigma of illness: What says the dodo bird?

Cited by 71 publications

References 75 publications

Contextualizing public stigma: Endorsed mental health treatment stigma on college and university campuses

Contextualizing public stigma: Endorsed mental health treatment stigma on college and university campuses

The Public Stigma of Problem Gambling: Its Nature and Relative Intensity Compared to Other Health Conditions

Client, Contextual and Program Elements Influencing Supported Employment: A Literature Review

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