stigma of mental disorders and young people
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Stigma of mental disorders
Kristian Wahlbeck
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Anti-stigma work is at the core of anymental health actions
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Stigma kills: Life expectancy for people with severe mental illness in the Nordic countries
Wahlbeck et al, BJP 2011
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Life expectancy 1981-2003 (Finnish men)
11.4.2014 Sosiaalipsykiatrian tulevaisuus
Westman 2011, Eur J Publ Health
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Finland: Stigma links to impaired access to health
care
The effect of severe mental disorders on the rates of coronary revascularisation and
coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality (A) and coronary hospitalisation (B) (each point
represents 10-year age band across the age groups 40+ years, logarithmic scale).
Manderbacka K et al. BMJ Open 2012;2:e000831
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The three components of stigma
• Ignorance (misinformation)
• Negative attitudes (prejudices)
• Behaviour (discrimination)
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25.11.2016 Policies in economic crises
Stigma can be reduced
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Social contact
Mental health literacy
Protest
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Stereotype
Attitude
Discrimination
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Stereotype
Attitude
Discrimination
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Social contact
Mental health literacy
Protest
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Stereotype
Attitude
Discrimination
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Social contact
Mental health literacy
Protest
Legislation& Policy
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Social contact: videos are as effectiveas face-to-face contact for youngpeople
Janoušková 2016, Eur Psych
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Mental Health First Aid coursesreduce negative attitudes
Hadlaczky et al 2014
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• Positive trends in attitudes
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Mental disorder stigma trends in Finland
•Positive trend: Stigma diminishes
•Young people express more positive attitudes thanolder people
•Women express more positive attitudes than men
•Well educated express more positive attitudesthan people with low educatation
•Wide awareness of stigma among users and NGOs, less political awareness
•Attitudes are measured on a yearly basis by the NGO-initiated ”Mental Health Barometer” study
•Extensive research on stigma of mental disorders
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Geographic distribution of stigma research:Peer-reviewed publications 2007-2012
-review papers are excluded-only papers with English-languageabstract are included
Source: Evans-Lacko 2014Eur Psych (submitted)
Stigma
Publication per capita (millions)
None
0-0.3
0.3-0.6
0.6-0.9
0.9-0.12
0.12 and more
low high
Evans-Lacko et al. Eur Psych 2014
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Finnish stigma research
Basically, three lines of research:
1. Experience of stigma and discrimination of people with
mental disorders
2. General population attitudes
e.g. the yearly Mental Health Barometer since 2005
3. Attitudes of professionals and students
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It is not about ”us” and ”them”, it is about ”one of
us”
How can we make people with mental disorders
part of ”us”?
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