On Describing and Seeking to Change the Experience of Stigma

Link, Bruce G.; Struening, Elmer L.; Neese-Todd, Sheree; Asmussen, Sara; Phelan, Jo C.

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“…The primary outcome of the study was to assess the possible predictive role of participation in the TTC programme on mental health users' reported coping strategies as per Link et al (2002). Coping strategies were assessed through a modified version of the scale developed by Link et al (2002).…”

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“…The global score of the scale is the mean of three items, with higher scores indicating higher level of experience of using this strategy. As suggested by Link et al (2002), the 2.5 midpoint of each subscale was considered as cut-off for evaluating whether the coping strategy was used or not.…”

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“…Coping strategies were assessed through a modified version of the scale developed by Link et al (2002). According to the main characteristics of the TTC programme, based on the active involvement and participation of people with mental health problems, the 'challenging' and 'educating' coping strategies were evaluated .…”

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Experience of the Time to Change programme in England as predictor of mental health service users' stigma coping strategies

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Bakolis

Robinson

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Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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Aims. In the field of stigma research, an area of interest is the coping strategies that mental health service users can use in response to discriminatory experiences. As a part of the evaluation of the Time to Change (TTC) anti-stigma programme, the Viewpoint telephone survey was run annually in order to assess service users' reported levels of discrimination and selected coping strategies. The study aim is to test the extent to which experience of TTC programme is a positive predictor of selected coping strategies.Methods. Telephone interview surveys carried out by peer interviewers were conducted annually. 'Educating others' and 'challenging' coping strategies were assessed alongside anticipated and experienced discrimination.Results. During 2011-2014, 3903 mental health service users were interviewed. Participants more often adopted the 'educating others' strategy (2.31 ± 0.01) than the 'challenging' strategy (2.15 ± 0.02) ( p < 0.001). On the other hand, those who participated in campaign activities endorsed 'challenging' more frequently than people who were not aware of TTC (2.78 ± 1.23 v. 2.09 ± 1.08, p < 0.001). According to the multi-variate linear regression model, we found that being actively involved in TTC activities (OR = 0.74, CI: 0.29-1.19; p < 0.05), having a diagnosis of a depressive disorder (OR = 0.20, CI: 0.04-0.36; p < 0.05) or personality disorder (OR = 0.23, CI: 0.04-0.43; p < 0.05) were good predictors of endorsing a 'challenging' strategy even after adjusted for confounding variables. Conclusions.A positive relationship between participating in the TTC programme and using the 'challenging' strategy was found. There is still a need to disentangle the complex association between these two coping strategies and the role of anti-stigma campaigns, promoting further local activities led by service users and carers' as well as all others stakeholders' associations.

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Experience of the Time to Change programme in England as predictor of mental health service users' stigma coping strategies

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“…31 The items cover the individual's perception of common opinions about psychiatric patients such as 'Most people believe that entering a mental hospital is a sign of personal failure'. Total scores range from 1 to 4, with higher scores indicating greater perceived stigmatisation.…”

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Treatment adherence therapy in people with psychotic disorders: randomised controlled trial

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BackgroundInterventions to improve adherence to treatment in people with psychotic disorders have produced inconclusive results. We developed a new treatment, treatment adherence therapy (TAT), whose intervention modules are tailored to the reasons for an individual's non-adherence.AimsTo examine the effectiveness of TAT with regard to service engagement and medication adherence in out-patients with psychotic disorders who engage poorly.MethodRandomised controlled study of TAT v. treatment as usual (TAU) in 109 out-patients. Most outcome measurements were performed by masked assessors. We used intention-to-treat multivariate analyses (Dutch Trial Registry: NTR1159).ResultsTreatment adherence therapy v. TAU significantly benefited service engagement (Cohen's d = 0.48) and medication adherence (Cohen's d = 0.43). Results remained significant at 6-month follow-up for medication adherence. Near-significant effects were also found regarding involuntary readmissions (1.9% v. 11.8%, P = 0.053). Symptoms and quality of life did not improve.ConclusionsTreatment adherence therapy helps improve engagement and adherence, and may prevent involuntary admission.

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“…Interventions aimed at assisting individuals to cope with public stigma (Link, Struening, Neese-Todd, Asmussen, & Phelan, 2002) present one solution to this pressing issue.…”

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The malleability of stigmatizing attitudes: Combining imagined social contact with implicit attitude feedback

Pennington

Campbell

Monk

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American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation

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On Describing and Seeking to Change the Experience of Stigma

Cited by 215 publications

References 23 publications

Experience of the Time to Change programme in England as predictor of mental health service users' stigma coping strategies

Experience of the Time to Change programme in England as predictor of mental health service users' stigma coping strategies

Treatment adherence therapy in people with psychotic disorders: randomised controlled trial

The malleability of stigmatizing attitudes: Combining imagined social contact with implicit attitude feedback

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