Transcript Mental Health IPE Event

Stigma and Mental Health
What is stigma?
Secrecy
Taboo
Ignorance
Gulf
Myths
Avoidance
Myths
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People with mental health problems are in a minority
People with schizophrenia, alcoholism, drug addictions are dangerous to
others
Individuals with any mental illness are unpredictable, hard to communicate
with
People with depression, eating disorders, alcoholism and drug addiction
need to pull themselves together
Ref: ONS Survey by Royal College of Psychiatry UK (2003)
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/PDF/report_9803.pdf
People who commit suicide are selfish
Joiner,T. (2011). Understanding and overcoming the myths of suicide.
Psychiatric Times ; 28: 1 (19th Jan) at www.psychiatrictimes.com
Results of Stigma
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Less than 4 in 10 employers would consider employing someone with a
mental health problem
1 in 3 people with mental health problems report being dismissed/forced to
resign
44% of people with mental health problems thought they had experienced
discrimination from GPs
18% would not disclose their condition to a GP
24% thought individuals with a history of mental health problems should be
excluded from public office
Department of Health Research Report on Attitudes to Mental Illness,
(2000) 30 March www.dh.org.uk and Mental Health Foundation Survey
(2000) “Pull Yourself Together” April www.mentalhealth.org.uk
Further Reading
• See also: World Health Organisation. Promoting mental health:
concepts, emerging evidence, practice: a report of the World Health
Organization, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse in
collaboration with the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation and
the University of Melbourne. (URL:
http://www.who.int/mental_health/evidence/MH_Promotion_Book.pd
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• Victoria Health Promotion Foundation., 2005. A plan for action 20052007. Promoting mental health and wellbeing. (URL:
http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/en/Publications/Mental-healthpromotion/A-Plan-for-Action-2005-to-2007.aspx)
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