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Author: Kansas. Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 6
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKStigma is a cluster of negative attitudes and beliefs that motivate the general public to fear, reject, avoid and discriminate against people with mental illnesses.
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2016-09-03
Total Pages: 171
ISBN-13: 0309439124
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEstimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. These disorders are among the most highly stigmatized health conditions in the United States, and they remain barriers to full participation in society in areas as basic as education, housing, and employment. Improving the lives of people with mental health and substance abuse disorders has been a priority in the United States for more than 50 years. The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 is considered a major turning point in America's efforts to improve behavioral healthcare. It ushered in an era of optimism and hope and laid the groundwork for the consumer movement and new models of recovery. The consumer movement gave voice to people with mental and substance use disorders and brought their perspectives and experience into national discussions about mental health. However over the same 50-year period, positive change in American public attitudes and beliefs about mental and substance use disorders has lagged behind these advances. Stigma is a complex social phenomenon based on a relationship between an attribute and a stereotype that assigns undesirable labels, qualities, and behaviors to a person with that attribute. Labeled individuals are then socially devalued, which leads to inequality and discrimination. This report contributes to national efforts to understand and change attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that can lead to stigma and discrimination. Changing stigma in a lasting way will require coordinated efforts, which are based on the best possible evidence, supported at the national level with multiyear funding, and planned and implemented by an effective coalition of representative stakeholders. Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The Evidence for Stigma Change explores stigma and discrimination faced by individuals with mental or substance use disorders and recommends effective strategies for reducing stigma and encouraging people to seek treatment and other supportive services. It offers a set of conclusions and recommendations about successful stigma change strategies and the research needed to inform and evaluate these efforts in the United States.
Author: Keith Dobson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2021-10-26
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0197572618
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStigma is one of the major barriers to care for people with mental health and related disorders. Stigma includes negative beliefs about and hostile perceptions towards others, shame and self-stigma, discriminatory practices in hiring, promotion and recognition of people who suffer from mental health challenges, and structural and organizational policies and processes that result in inequalities for people who have mental health challenges. Stigma has been recognized as a significant factor in the well-being of people with mental health and related problems and can be more debilitating than the direct effects of mental health problems themselves. The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) was established to conduct policy reviews and to promote initiatives related to mental health. The Opening Minds program of the MHCC is the largest systematic effort in Canadian history to reduce stigma related to mental illnesses. The program has adopted the systematic development, evaluation and deployment of targeted programs based on theories of change, best practices and available research evidence as a model for stigma reduction. The Stigma of Mental Illness is an important vehicle to communicate conceptual issues in the field of stigma reduction, to document the work done to date within the MHCC Opening Minds program, and to offer practical strategies to broaden the scope and utility of the work for different contexts, cultures, and countries. This volume will be a global interest, given the growing importance of stigma reduction related to mental disorders and related problems.
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 108
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kansas. Office of Health Promotion
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 44
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMental illnesses include major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, autism spectrum disorders etc. Consequences of mental illness for the individual and society could lead to increased disability, unemployment, substance abuse, homelessness and even suicide. Major mental disorders cost the nation at least $193.2 billion annually in lost earnings alone. ... Healthy People 2010 and its consequent Healthy Kansans 2010 distinguished mental health as one of the ten leading health indicators to monitor the health status of Kansans. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) recognize the need to assess status of mental health of Kansans. ... This report provides the comprehensive review of mental illness status in Kansas that will help KDHE in directing effective services and program efforts for better mental health of Kansans.
Author: Heather Stuart
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-06-28
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0199797633
DOWNLOAD EBOOKParadigms Lost challenges key paradigms currently held about the prevention or reduction of stigma attached to mental illness using evidence and the experience the authors gathered during the many years of their work in this field. Each chapter examines one currently held paradigm and presents reasons why it should be replaced with a new perspective. The book argues for enlightened opportunism (using every opportunity to fight stigma), rather than more time consuming planning, and emphasizes that the best way to approach anti-stigma work is to select targets jointly with those who are most concerned. The most radical change of paradigms concerns the evaluation of outcome for anti-stigma activities. Previously, changes in stigmatizing attitudes were used as the best indicator of success. Paradigms Lost and its authors argue that it is now necessary to measure changes in behaviors (both from the perspective of those stigmatized and those who stigmatize) to obtain a more valid measure of a program's success. Other myths to be challenged: providing knowledge about mental illness will reduce stigma; community care will de-stigmatize mental illness and psychiatry; people with a mental illness are less discriminated against in developing countries. Paradigms Lost concludes by describing key elements in successful anti stigma work including the recommended duration of anti-stigma programmes, the involvement of those with mental illness in designing programmes, and the definition of programmes in accordance with local circumstances. A summary of weaknesses of currently held paradigms and corresponding lists of best practice principles to guide future anti-stigma action and research bring this insightful volume to an apt conclusion.
Author: Kansas. Bureau of Health Promotion
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Published: 2011
Total Pages: 51
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSerious mental illnesses include major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, eating disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, mood disorder, autism spectrum disorders and borderline personality disorder. An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older, about one in four adults, suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. ... Major mental disorders cost the nation at least $193.2 billion annually in lost earnings alone. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) estimated that in 2003, $100 billion was spent on the treatment of mental disorders in the United States. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) recognizes the need to assess the status of mental health of Kansans. ... This report provides detailed analysis of mental illness status in Kansas using 2009 Kansas BRFSS data.
Author: Vikram Patel
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013-11
Total Pages: 511
ISBN-13: 0199920184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the definitive textbook on global mental health, an emerging priority discipline within global health, which places priority on improving mental health and achieving equity in mental health for all people worldwide.
Author: Kansas. Mental Health Services Program
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 57
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSRS has undertaken intensive planning efforts to improve how the public mental health system provides a full array of effective supports and services. This planning effort, called the Hospital and Home Initiative, has resulted in numerous recommended action steps for improving public mental health services. SRS is coordinating these recommendations with the Governor's Mental Health Services Planning Council who, along with its subcommittees, also assesses the efficacy and sufficiency of Kansas mental health services.
Author: David L. Vogel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022-08-11
Total Pages: 961
ISBN-13: 110892235X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe persistence of stigma of mental illness and seeking therapy perpetuates suffering and keeps people from getting the help they need and deserve. This volume, analysing the most up-to-date research on this process and ways to intervene, is designed to give those who are working to overcome stigma a strong, research-based foundation for their work. Chapters address stigma reduction efforts at the individual, community, and national levels, and discuss what works and what doesn't. Others explore how holding different stigmatized identities compounds the burden of stigma and suggest ways to attend to these differences. Throughout, there is a focus on the current state of the research knowledge in the field, its applications, and recommendations for future research. The Handbook provides a compelling case for the benefits reaped from current research and intervention, and shows why continued work is needed.
