Mental Illness Stigma Reduction

This assignment examines the multifaceted issue of mental illness stigma, analyzing its impact, causes, and potential solutions. It delves into different perspectives, including cultural influences, global implications, and the role of individual attitudes. The annotated bibliography includes academic articles, a book chapter, and a published work, offering diverse insights into this crucial topic.

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Dalky, H. F. (2012). Mental illness stigma reduction interventions: Review of
intervention trials. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 34(4), 520-547.
The aim of the article is to review the literature process of evaluating various
reduction of stigma related to the mental health illness. This was designed in the manner that
an integrated search was conducted of the English language literature between the years 1998
to 2008 by using CINAHL, Medline, PubMed, Scopus and PsychINFO databases. The
outcome of the review declared that the evidence-based data could always be used in the
cases of the mental health cases. The major strength of this case is that the clinical trials hold
promise for providing the same situations. The strategies related to education served as a
useful method to reduce various stigmas and bring about a change in the behavior and aim
towards a positive change. These are associated with the change related to mental illness. The
stigma reduction programs are mainly targeted towards the adolescent and the elderly people.
The weakness is that there is no major change found in the stigma related studies and limited
research has been provided in this case.
Kang, H., & An, S. (2013). How direct-to-consumer drug websites convey disease
information: Analysis of stigma-reducing components. Journal of health
communication, 18(12), 1477-1491.
The major aim of the article is to analyze the role played by the internet in serving
information of the health information. Further, in the journal an evaluation has been done of
the condition whether the direct-to-customer prescriptions drug websites for the stigmatized
illness contains the reducing components of stigma. The components are like the onset
controllability, the offset controllability and the recategorization. By doing a detailed survey,
the negative thing that has been found that on the first level no direct information has been
given on the home page. In the second level, all the three components were prevalent but still

it was not that much available. Limited information was available about the recovery of the
stigma-reduction procedure. the positive thing about the research is that there is huge scope
for the same and efforts are being made to evaluate the problem.
Wiens, T. K., & Walker, L. J. (2015). The chronic disease concept of addiction: helpful
or harmful?. Addiction research & theory, 23(4), 309-321.
The socially deviant behavior is thought to be the result of certain mental illness. This
is because of the addiction towards something. The primary aims of the article are to analyze
this factor and present certain views on this. The reason for this addiction stated in the article
is the disease for the addiction, it can also be the psychological reason and it can be the
reason of the neutral control condition. Some participants were recruited online to analyze the
problems and the reasons. According to the participants, the disease model reason of
addiction hinted towards weaker perceptions of the drinking-habit. On the other, hand the
psychological conditions of the addiction increased in greater amounts. The feeling of shame
and stigma was relative to the condition of control. The article opines that the idea that the
framing addiction within the biological conceptualization, which is opposed by the
psychological framework tends to weaken the idea of agency in relation to consuming
alcohol. This is the positive aspect of the research.
Casados, A. T. (2017). Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness: Current Approaches and
Future Directions. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.
The aim of this article is to view the ways of reducing the stigma and the reasons of
the occurrence of the same. The stigma of the mental illness curbs the use of the treatment
and it might increase the existing social and the psychological burden, which is forced by the
symptoms of the mental illness. There are many structural limitations of it, which may serve
as the stop of the progress in this situation. Much research is required in this area which will

intend to improve the psychological distress suffered by many people. This is the major
pitfall of the research. The positive aspect however is the viewpoints of people have started
changing.
White, R. G., Ramachandran, P., & Kumar, S. (2017). Addressing Mental Health-
related Stigma in a Global Context. In The Palgrave Handbook of Sociocultural
Perspectives on Global Mental Health (pp. 257-283). Palgrave Macmillan UK.
The aim of the article is to concentrate on the global implication of the stigma related
mental health. The initiative taken by the Global Mental Health has focused the requirement
to decrease the mental-health related stigma globally. This particular chapter continues the
findings of the research to emphasize the impact that stigma has on the lives different
individuals. There is a relationship between stigma and the explanations. It consists of those
explanations that people have regarding the need of the difficulties related to the mental
health. However, it covers the learning of the stakeholders in high-income countries who
promised to offer means to reduce mental health related stigma. The major strength of the
research is that the stakeholders are playing major roles in focusing on the problems.
Mizock, L., & Russinova, Z. (2016). Acceptance of Mental Illness: Promoting Recovery
Among Culturally Diverse Groups. Oxford University Press.
The primary aim of the mentioned book is to study the process of recovery from the
stigma of the mental-health related disease. The disease differs from culture to culture and it
varies in different society. It includes the history of the treatment and the recovery from the
disease. It further emphasizes on the global acceptance of the disease. The presence of stigma
in the females is known as the intersectional stigma and in the men is known as the
masculinity and mental health stigma.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Casados, A. T. (2017). Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness: Current Approaches and
Future Directions. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.
Dalky, H. F. (2012). Mental illness stigma reduction interventions: Review of intervention
trials. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 34(4), 520-547.
Kang, H., & An, S. (2013). How direct-to-consumer drug websites convey disease
information: Analysis of stigma-reducing components. Journal of health
communication, 18(12), 1477-1491.
Mizock, L., & Russinova, Z. (2016). Acceptance of Mental Illness: Promoting Recovery
Among Culturally Diverse Groups. Oxford University Press.
White, R. G., Ramachandran, P., & Kumar, S. (2017). Addressing Mental Health-related
Stigma in a Global Context. In The Palgrave Handbook of Sociocultural Perspectives
on Global Mental Health (pp. 257-283). Palgrave Macmillan UK.
Wiens, T. K., & Walker, L. J. (2015). The chronic disease concept of addiction: helpful or
harmful?. Addiction research & theory, 23(4), 309-321.