title: Theoretical and Practical Considerations for Combating Mental Illness Stigma in Health Care.
abstract: Reducing the stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness is becoming an increasingly important focus for research, policy, programming and intervention work. While it has been well established that the healthcare system is one of the key environments in which persons with mental illnesses experience stigma and discrimination there is little published literature on how to build and deliver successful anti-stigma programs in healthcare settings, towards healthcare providers in general, or towards specific types of practitioners. Our paper intends to address this gap by providing a set of theoretical considerations for guiding the design and implementation of anti-stigma interventions in healthcare.
authors.affiliation: North York General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ungar
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Commission of Canada, 320, 110 Quarry Park Blvd, Calgary, AB, T2C 3G3, Canada. sknaak@mentalhealthcommission.ca.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Knaak
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Commission of Canada, 320, 110 Quarry Park Blvd, Calgary, AB, T2C 3G3, Canada.|Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada.
authors.forename: Andrew C H
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Szeto
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004645:Empathy; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D000070516:Intersectoral Collaboration; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D011287:Prejudice / Q000517:prevention & control*; D057545:Social Stigma; D013240:Stereotyping
keywords: Anti-stigma interventions; Anti-stigma model; Healthcare providers; Mental health and illness; Mental illness stigma; Stigma