Laura Hemming explores a recent narrative review and meta-analysis of psychosocial interventions for self-stigma in people with a schizophrenia-spectrum diagnosis.
[read the full story...]Tackling mental-health-related stigma: a narrative review of anti-stigma interventions
Suzanne Dash considers the findings of a recent narrative review in The Lancet, which brought together the evidence for effective interventions to reduce mental-health-related stigma and discrimination.
[read the full story...]Mental health literacy: can it be taught to teenagers?
Jasmin Wertz reports on a recent Canadian cluster RCT, which studies the impact of a mental health curriculum for high school students on knowledge and stigma.
[read the full story...]Stigma increases psychological distress in people with intellectual disabilities
David Steele reports on a recent cross-sectional study, which found that stigma was linked with increased psychological distress and poorer quality of life in people with intellectual disabilities.
[read the full story...]Should we stigmatise smokers?
Andrew Jones on a recent systematic review that brings together quantitative and qualitative research about the positive and negative impact of tobacco cessation campaigns and measures. The review concludes that stigmatising of smoking can lead to unintended consequences, such as increased stress, social isolation and smoking relapse.
[read the full story...]How can we reduce mental health stigma and discrimination?
David Steele summarises a recent systematic review that found small to medium long-term effects from anti-stigma interventions with very little research coming from low income countries.
[read the full story...]Review finds no link between stigma and intention to use mental health services in military personnel
David Steele reports on a literature review that found no link between anticipated stigma and intention to seek help in military personnel with mental health problems.
[read the full story...]Mental Health First Aid improves knowledge, reduces stigma and makes people more likely to offer support
Sarah Knowles summarises a recent meta-analysis of Mental Health First Aid, which claims to be the first study to quantitatively synthesise the evidence in this field.
[read the full story...]Do we stigmatise mental illness more as we age?
Raluca Lucacel writes her debut blog about an age-period-cohort analysis, which investigates how attitudes towards people with mental illness worsen during the course of life.
[read the full story...]Coproduction of quality standards for youth mental health in primary care
Lisa Burscheidt reports on a mixed methods study that produced user-generated quality standards for youth mental health in primary care.
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