A Gloucestershire rugby club is tackling stigma around mental ill health.
Dursley Rugby Football Club has joined forces with the Gloucestershire Tackling Stigma partnership, a multi-agency group which works to reduce the stigma around mental illness.
To evaluate the relationships between perceived stigma and duration of untreated psychosis (DUP), demographic characteristics, and clinical and psychosocial functioning in persons with first episode of psychosis (FEP).. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
Mentally disordered offenders may suffer discrimination on the basis of mental disorder, or on the basis of being offenders, or both.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
Consumer participation is central to mental health policy. Negative attitudes of health professionals are barriers to realising policy goals. Evidence suggests consumers (Experts by Experience) can influence positive attitudes in nursing students. Research in this area to date is limited and primarily from Australia and New Zealand.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
Many people with a diagnosis of personality disorder experience stigma, and the press' representations may contribute to those processes. To date little is known about how the press write about people with personality disorder and analysis of language used is often limited to checklists of words to avoid.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
Rebecca Stevenson on a review of general hospital staff stigmatise people, attitudes towards patients with comorbid mental and physical health conditions.
Psychological Services (May 16, 2019). DOI:10.1037/ser0000362
Employees in high-risk occupations can experience stigma associated with developing mental health problems and getting treatment for problems that can oftentimes be attributed to traumatic events encountered at work. The present study examined the perceived unit climate of support for mental health as a predictor of changes (over the course of 3 months) in the perceived stigma associated with seeking treatment, positive and negative attitudes toward treatment seeking, and a preference for handling mental health problem oneself, as well as talking with fellow unit members and a mental health professional about a mental health problem.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Stigma and Health (May 27, 2019). DOI:10.1037/sah0000181
Public stigma continues to present a barrier to recovery for individuals with mental illness. Prior research suggests that biogenetic causal explanations of mental illness increase aspects of stigma, such as social distance. However, most of that research was specific to depression and schizophrenia, and few studies have explored the stigma of bipolar disorder. The present study examined the impact of cause and treatment information on stigma in bipolar disorder.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Stigma and Health Vol. 4, Iss. 2, (May 2019): 118-125. DOI:10.1037/sah0000132
The stigma that burdens individuals with mental disorders often prevents them from seeking the treatment they need to improve their lives. The present study was designed to examine the stigmatizing effects of noun labels.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Open access. Stigmatization of people with mental illness is still a significant problem even in Western society. Media is an important vector for public messaging that may lead to stigma (and potentially counteract it). There is an ongoing debate about the impact of news with potentially stigmatizing content on people with depression. This experimental study aimed at investigating the direct effects media reporting could have on people with depression, namely, higher levels of stigma attitudes and negative affect, as well as lower levels of self-esteem and positive affect.
We welcome the recent publication of Dr. Munkholm's insightful letter to the editor outlining his concerns of our meta‐analysis comparing the effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in unipolar major depression (MDD) and bipolar major depression (BD)...... To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
Stigma and Health (Apr 4, 2019). DOI:10.1037/sah0000172
Firefighters face increased rates of mental health disorders secondary to traumatic exposure yet consistently report that stigma interferes with help-seeking. We examined whether firefighters who are by disposition more self-forgiving would exhibit less stigma and fewer mental health challenges.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (Apr 4, 2019). DOI:10.1037/prj0000353
Objective: Voice-hearers tend to face a high degree of stigma that can impact subjective well-being and social functioning. However, researchers have hypothesized that the content of the voice-hearing experience and its cultural context are relevant to stigma responses. This study experimentally tested how perceptions of voice-hearing experiences change as a function of the voice’s content and the perceiver’s characteristics.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
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Rehabilitation Psychology (Mar 25, 2019). DOI:10.1037/rep0000269
Purpose: Microaggressions are subtle forms of discrimination and include verbal, nonverbal, or environmental slights that convey disparaging messages to people based upon their group membership, such as disability. The purpose of this study was to investigate the experience of microaggressions in the workplace among individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS).. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Individuals with disabilities often face stigma and discrimination, which may negatively affect their self‐concept. To date, research has mainly focused on the psychological implications of living with a noticeable physical disability. Less attention has been given to individuals with invisible psychiatric disabilities as a stigmatized sub‐group in the disability community.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
Stigma and Health (Feb 7, 2019). DOI:10.1037/sah0000167
Both pre- and postdeployment, many military personnel experience stressors and distress for which they could benefit from psychological counseling. However, many of those in need of psychological care do not seek services. One of the primary barriers to seeking help is the self-stigma associated with seeking help. The current study examined ways to reduce self-stigma for help seeking. Current and former military personnel reviewed either an online video and brochure intended to counter stigma for seeking help (n = 161) or a control video and brochure (n = 158). The intervention resulted in a significant reduction in self-stigma from pre- to postintervention; the control did not.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.