Book Review: SOCIAL INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS By Julian Leff and Richard Warner Cambridge University Press, 2006. 202pp. Pb. £30.99 ISBN 0—521—61536—4

2008 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-285
Author(s):  
Aliya Kassam
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
People With Mental Illness

Mental Health Stigma: What's Been Done? Where to Go?

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. s245-s245
Author(s):  
P. Macedo ◽  
M. Silva ◽  
A. Fornelos ◽  
A.R. Figueiredo ◽  
S. Nunes
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Mental Health Stigma ◽  
Public Stigma ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Competing Interest

IntroductionNegative attitudes towards psychiatric patients still exist in our society. Persons suffering from mental illness frequently encounter public stigma and may internalize it leading to self-stigma. Discrimination occurs across many aspects of economic and social existence. It may represent a barrier for patients to receive appropriate care. Many anti-stigma campaigns have been taken to decrease people's prejudice, but its effects are not well documented.ObjectivesTo characterize anti-stigma initiatives and its effects on diminishing negative consequences of stigma.MethodsBibliographical research using PubMed using the keywords “stigma” and “mental illness”.ResultsDespite several approaches to eradicate stigma, it shows a surprising consistency in population levels. It was expected that focus on education would decrease stigma levels. The same was expected following concentration on the genetic causation of pathology. Most studies have revealed that education has little value and endorsing genetic attributions has led to a greater pessimism on the efficacy of mental health services, sense of permanence and guilty feelings within the family.ConclusionPublic stigma has had a major impact on many people with mental illness, especially when leading to self-stigma, interfering with various aspects in life, including work, housing, health care, social life and self-esteem. As Goffman elucidated, stigma is fundamentally a social phenomenon rooted in social relationships and shaped by the culture and structure of society. Social inclusion has been pointed as a potential direction of change.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Applying SCOPE to Measure Social Inclusion Among People with Mental Illness in Poland

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-100
Author(s):  
Łukasz Balwicki ◽  
Kara Chan ◽  
Peter J. Huxley ◽  
Marcus Yu-Lung Chiu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
People With Mental Illness

Knowledge and Uptake of Voting Rights By Psychiatric Inpatients in Westminster, London During the 2015 Uk General Election

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S454-S454
Author(s):  
J. Townell ◽  
T. MacLaren ◽  
L. de Ridder ◽  
S. Shanmugham ◽  
V. Argent ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Voting Rights ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
General Election ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Staff Support ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
The Uk

IntroductionBeing able to vote empowers people with mental illness to have a political voice and promotes social inclusion. Evidence shows that patients with mental illness are less likely to vote compared to the general population.ObjectiveThis study explores the knowledge and uptake of the voting rights of adult patients in a psychiatric hospital in the 2015 UK general election.AimsTo understand patients’ eligibility and intentions to vote during the 2015 UK general election. To establish what assistance patients may require in order to vote.MethodsA staff-assisted survey was undertaken in all mental health wards in the Gordon Hospital, Westminster prior to the general election in May 2015.ResultsA total of 51 surveys were returned. Seventy-five percent thought they were eligible to vote, and 47% had already registered. Of those that had not yet registered, 37% wanted staff support to do so. Fifty-seven percent of the respondents intended to vote and of those 9 out of 10 intended to vote in person. Twenty-six percent of those intending to vote identified needing assistance in this process.ConclusionsThe majority of inpatients were aware of their eligibility to vote. Over half of the respondents planned to vote, which is lower than the UK average. As 1 in 4 patients intending to vote requested support, this suggests potential barriers impacting on their ability to exercise their right.Multidisciplinary teams can provide valuable assistance to patients in the voting process in many ways, including information provision, organisation of leave and providing staff escort.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Perceptions and stereotypes about mental illness in a sample of Portuguese employers

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1440-1440
Author(s):  
A.J. Marques ◽  
L. Lopes ◽  
C. Queiros
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
People With Physical Disabilities

IntroductionDespite society argues that all citizens have equal rights and equal opportunities, mentally ill individuals face discrimination, especially in the employment context. Research reported benefits of working and have a job, witch help play social roles and feel useful, key components in social inclusion and recovery of mentally ill individuals.Employers have an important role in the access of mentally ill individuals into work. They take decisions that affect life opportunities, but, due to their powerful position, their attitudes can influence all enterprise and maintain stereotypes and stigma.AimsKnow perceptions and stereotypes about mental illness in Portuguese employers.MethodsData were collected using a translation of Attitude Scale for Mental Illness (Hahn, 2002), evaluating dimensions such as separatism, stereotyping, restrictiveness, benevolence, pessimistic prediction and stigmatization. The scale was fulfil using online anonym way, by 50 employers from small (under 250 employees) metallurgic or textile enterprises (60% male, 40% female; mean age 45.9 years).ResultsNone of the enterprises have employees with mental illness, neither integration policies. Employers prefer to give a job to people with physical disabilities than to people with mental illness, choosing people with schizophrenia as the last possibility. They have little contact with mentally ill individuals, 96% don’t know governmental policies for job inclusion and only 54% accepts to participate in meetings to understand those policies. Stereotyping, benevolence and pessimistic prediction present highest values.ConclusionsEmployers must be informed about governmental policies using work as a form of social inclusion from mentally ill people.

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