Social Work Faculty and Mental Illness Stigma

Watson, Amy C.; Fulambarker, Anjali J.; Kondrat, David C.; Holley, Lynn C.; Kranke, Derrick; Wilkins, Brittany; Stromwall, Layne K.; Eack, Shaun M.

doi:10.1080/10437797.2016.1260506

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“…This aligns with previous findings suggesting the significant impact of shame on mental health (Tangney and Dearing, 2002), and may support attempts to target shame as a means to reduce self-criticism and improve mental health. For example, education about mental health problems may be useful: learning that mental health problems could happen to anybody and having those problems does not mean they are not fit to be a social worker, may reduce shame about mental health problems (Watson et al, 2017).…”

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Mental Health Attitudes, Self-Criticism, Compassion and Role Identity among UK Social Work Students

Kotera

Green

Sheffield

2018

The British Journal of Social Work

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Although many social work students suffer from mental health symptoms, the majority of them do not seek help, because of shame. Accordingly, the purposes of this study were to evaluate social work students' attitudes for mental health problems, and explore relationships among shame, mental health symptoms, self-criticism, self-compassion, and role identity. Firstly, 84 UK female undergraduate social work students completed a measure of attitudes toward mental health problems, and were compared with 94 UK female undergraduate students in other subjects. UK female undergraduate social work students had a higher level of negative perception in their community's attitudes toward mental health problems. Secondly, 87 UK social work students, completed the attitudes, mental health, self-criticism, self-compassion, and role identity measures. Self-criticism, self-compassion, and role identity were significantly related to mental health symptoms, and identified as significant, independent predictors of mental health symptoms. This study confirmed that social work students consider that their community perceives mental health problems negatively, and that their self-criticism, selfcompassion, and role identity relate to their poor mental health. The findings may help social work students, educators, and researchers deepen the understanding of their mental health symptoms and identify better solutions.

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Mental Health Attitudes, Self-Criticism, Compassion and Role Identity among UK Social Work Students

Kotera

Green

Sheffield

2018

The British Journal of Social Work

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“…According to Goffman (1963), stigmatization, conceptualized in a sociological framework, is a quality that deeply discredits the individual and reduces the individual from a whole and ordinary person to a tainted and shrunken person (Watson et al 2017). Stigma is an important obstacle to participation in society, opportunities and recovery such as education, employment, safe housing, social connections, health services for people diagnosed with mental illness (Watson and Eack 2011, Yüksel 2012, Holder et al 2019.…”

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An Overview of the Stigmatization of Soldiers in the Context of Mental Health from a Social Work Perspective

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Duyan

2023

Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar

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Due to its nature, the army is an environment with a high risk of mental illness. Research shows that mental health stigma is a common and serious barrier to early and effective treatment for mental disorders that result from the stress of military operations. Given the need for timely and effective mental health intervention, it is important to understand the barriers to seeking mental health help in a military context. Although there is stigma related to mental health in the studies and compilations carried out in the civil and military context in the national and international literature, there is no literature on mental health stigmatization in the military context, especially in the national literature. This study is a compilation research created by reviewing the national and international literature. In this article, it is aimed to present some innovative social work interventions in order to address the sources of stigma that hinders access to mental health care and the factors that reinforce them, in a military context, to potentially reduce stigma and to maximize the benefit of mental health care.

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“…Despite how common disabilities are, people with disabilities are often subject to negative attitudes that promote prejudice, infringe on their rights and independence, and contribute to greater social exclusion (Barnes & Mercer, 2001;Vilchinsky & Findler, 2004). For example, people with disabilities face additional challenges when accessing higher education (Watson et al, 2017), employment (Nota, Santilli, Ginevra, & Soresi, 2014), and healthcare (Tervo & Palmer, 2004). People with disabilities are also aware that they are disadvantaged by others and often cite others' negative attitudes as one of the impediments to leading a full and purposeful life (e.g., Richardson, Smith, & Papthomas, 2016).…”

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Trait perfectionism and attitudes towards people with disabilities

Cox

Hill

2018

Personality and Individual Differences

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Social Work Faculty and Mental Illness Stigma

Cited by 15 publications

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Mental Health Attitudes, Self-Criticism, Compassion and Role Identity among UK Social Work Students

Mental Health Attitudes, Self-Criticism, Compassion and Role Identity among UK Social Work Students

An Overview of the Stigmatization of Soldiers in the Context of Mental Health from a Social Work Perspective

Trait perfectionism and attitudes towards people with disabilities

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