Organizational Strategies for Anti-Stigma Work Within Our Four Walls

• By: Ruth Colón-Wagner, LMSW VCS Inc.
• April 18th, 2023
• anti-stigma, bias, healing, hope, lived experience, mental health stigma, recovery, Spring 2023 Issue, stigma, stigma reduction, transparency
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Mental health stigma affects all of us. It is so ingrained in our society, that we have to consciously choose to share or not to share our experiences or connections to mental health challenges. This conscious level decision-making brings a processing we engage in asking ourselves either, “Am I...

Insights From Four Stigma-Reducing Roundtables Organized by the New York State Office of Mental Health and Behavioral Health News

• By: Suzanne B. Feeney, MBA Helen-Maria (Marilena) Lekas, PhD David Minot James Plastiras James Rodriguez, LCSW, PhD Karin A. Wagner, PhD Philip T. Yanos, PhD Jessica Zahn
• April 18th, 2023
• anticipated stigma, behavioral health inequities, community-based agencies, cultural humility, experienced stigma, health care, internalized stigma, intersectionality, lived experience, mental health, recovery, roundtables, social services, Spring 2023 Issue, stigma, substance use, vicarious stigmatization
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The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) in partnership with Behavioral Health News (BHN) organized four roundtable discussions as part of a larger strategic plan to reduce the stigma of mental illness. The roundtable panels consisted of experts working in community-based agencies, most...

An Antidote to Stigma

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• April 18th, 2023
• corrective information, fundamental attribution error, lived experience, mental health stigma, mental illness, Spring 2023 Issue, stereotypes, stigma, stigma reduction
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Stigma against persons with mental illness has waned in recent years, as affirmed by a Harris Poll administered on behalf of the American Psychological Association. This poll found a significant majority of Americans (87%) believed there is no shame in having a mental health diagnosis, and a...