title: Provider lived experience and stigma.
abstract: Despite professional values about advocacy for people managing mental health challenges, research on mental health providers indicates that this group expresses as much or more stigma than laypeople. This article reports on a continuing education needs assessment of 101 mental health providers, including evaluation of (a) knowledge about recovery-oriented care, (b) work engagement, (c) provider lived experience with mental health challenges, and (d) stigma, measured as disidentification. In this group of providers, recovery knowledge, lived experience, and work engagement were associated with less stigma toward clients. Recovery knowledge and work engagement were associated with less stigma toward other providers with lived experience, but having lived experience was not associated with stigma toward other providers with lived experience. Findings suggest that the professional culture of nondisclosure may be a factor that increases provider stigma and should be a topic for further research. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Minneapolis VA Health Care System.
authors.forename: J Irene
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.affiliation: Minneapolis VA Health Care System.
authors.forename: Jennie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leskela
authors.affiliation: Minneapolis VA Health Care System.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hoffman-Konn
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D030881:Disclosure / Q000639:trends; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057545:Social Stigma; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs