Suicide Prevention Conference addresses mental illness stigma

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Tolzmann
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Mental Illness Stigma

scholarly journals Mental illness stigma and suicidality: the role of public and individual stigma

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Oexle ◽  
T. Waldmann ◽  
T. Staiger ◽  
Z. Xu ◽  
N. Rüsch
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
General Public ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Mental Illness Stigma ◽  
Public Stigma ◽  
Negative Attitudes

Aims.Suicide rates are increased among unemployed individuals and mental illness stigma can contribute to both unemployment and suicidality. Persons with mental illness perceive negative attitudes among the general public and experience discrimination in their everyday life (=public stigma components) potentially leading to self-stigma and anticipated discrimination (=individual stigma components). Previous research found evidence for an association between aspects of mental illness stigma and suicidality, but has not yet clarified the underlying pathways explaining how different stigma components interact and contribute to suicidal ideation.Method.Public and individual stigma components and their association with suicidal ideation were examined among 227 unemployed persons with mental illness. A path model linking public stigma components (experienced discrimination, perceived stigma) with suicidal ideation, mediated by individual stigma components (anticipated discrimination, self-stigma), was examined using structural equation modelling within Mplus.Results.Our sample was equally split in terms of gender, on average 43 years old and about half reported no suicidal ideation during the past 30 days. In bivariate analyses all stigma components were significantly associated with suicidal ideation. In the path model and controlling for symptoms, the association between experienced discrimination and suicidal ideation was fully mediated by anticipated discrimination and self-stigma. Perceived stigma's contribution to suicidal ideation was fully mediated by anticipated discrimination, but not by self-stigma.Conclusions.In general, programmes addressing multiple stigma components seem to be most effective in improving suicide prevention. Besides interventions targeting negative attitudes and discriminating behaviours of the general public, programmes to support persons with mental illness in coping with perceived and experienced stigma could improve suicide prevention. Future studies should test the short- and long-term effects of such interventions on suicidality and further investigate the role of stigma coping (e.g. secrecy) and emotional consequences (e.g. hopelessness and loneliness) for the association between stigma components and suicidality.

Mental Illness Stigma: Diagnostic Labels Influence Blame and Approach

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan A. Blenner ◽  
Kristin N. Anderson ◽  
Richard L. Wiener ◽  
Deborah A. Hope
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Illness Stigma ◽  
Diagnostic Labels

Battling Mental Illness Stigma in Greek Elementary Schools

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klio C. Geroulanou ◽  
Eleni Louki ◽  
Lily Peppou ◽  
Marina Economou
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Mental Illness Stigma

Media depictions and the priming of mental illness stigma.

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-264
Author(s):  
Ginny Chan ◽  
Philip T. Yanos
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Illness Stigma

Reducing mental-illness stigma via high school clubs: A matched-pair, cluster-randomized trial.

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-239
Author(s):  
Shaikh I. Ahmad ◽  
Bennett L. Leventhal ◽  
Brittany N. Nielsen ◽  
Stephen P. Hinshaw
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Randomized Trial ◽  
Cluster Randomized Trial ◽  
Mental Illness Stigma ◽  
Matched Pair ◽  
Cluster Randomized

Reducing mental illness stigma: Effectiveness of hearing about the normative experiences of others.

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley H. Hackler ◽  
Marilyn A. Cornish ◽  
David L. Vogel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Illness Stigma

Intervening against mental illness stigma and its internalisation: An organising framework

2019 ◽  
pp. 109-131
Author(s):  
Claire Henderson ◽  
Carolyn Asher ◽  
Kimberly Goldsmith ◽  
Petra C. Gronholm ◽  
Vanessa Lawrence ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Illness Stigma
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