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NPR: Mental Health in the Black Community
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NPR's News & Notes kicks off a new series on mental health. Listen to insight on mental illness and racial disparities in mental health care from Dr. Annelle Primm — director of... -
Chinese and American Perspectives on Stigma
Chinese and American Perspectives on Stigma by Chow S. Lam, Hector Tsang, Fong Chan, Patrick W. Corrigan "This paper discusses the Chinese and American perspectives on stigma. We review... -
A Qualitative Exploration of African-Americans' Attitudes Toward Mental Illness and Mental Illness Treatment Seeking
A Qualitative Exploration of African-Americans' Attitudes Toward Mental Illness and Mental Illness Treatment Seeking by Alicia K. Matthews, Patrick W. Corrigan, Barbara M. Smith, and Frances... -
What Lessons Do Coming Out as Gay Men or Lesbians Have for People Stigmatized by Mental Illness?
What Lessons Do Coming Out as Gay Men or Lesbians Have for People Stigmatized by Mental Illness? by Patrick W. Corrigan, Jonathan E. Larson, Julie Hautamaki, Alicia Matthews, Sachi Kuwabara,... -
Mental Illness Stigma: Problem of Public Health or Social Justice?
Mental Illness Stigma: Problem of Public Health or Social Justice? by Patrick W. Corrigan, Amy C. Watson, Peter Byrne, and Kristin E. Davis "The U.S. Surgeon General's report on mental... -
Impact of Consumer-Operated Service on Empowerment and Recovery of People with Psychiatric Disabilities
Impact of Consumer-Operated Service on Empowerment and Recovery of People with Psychiatric Disabilities by Patrick W. Corrigan "Although the professional literature is replete with... -
Shame, Blame, and Contamination: A Review of the Impact of Mental Illness Stigma on Family Members
Shame, Blame, and Contamination: A Review of the Impact of Mental Illness Stigma on Family Members by Patrick W. Corrigan and Frederick E. Miller "In his classic text, Goffman (1963) defined... -
Examining Cues that Signal Mental Illness Stigma
Examining Cues that Signal Mental Illness Stigma by Matthew Schumacher, Patrick W. Corrigan, and Timothy Dejong "Erving Goffman (1963) distinguished between stigmas that are readily perceived... -
Police Officers' Attitudes Toward and Decisions About Persons with Mental Illness
Police Officers' Attitudes Toward and Decisions About Persons with Mental Illness by Amy C. Watson, Patrick W. Corrigan, Victor Ottati "A significant portion of police work involves... -
An Attribution Model of Public Discrimination Towards Persons with Mental Illness
An Attribution Model of Public Discrimination Towards Persons with Mental Illness by Patrick Corrigan, Fred E. Markowitz, Amy Watson, David Rowan, and Mary Ann Kubiak "In this study, we build... -
Mental Illness Stereotypes and Clinical Care: Do People Avoid Treatment Because of Stigma?
Mental Illness Stereotypes and Clinical Care: Do People Avoid Treatment Because of Stigma? by Patrick W. Corrigan "Despite the evidence that pharmacological and psychosocial treatments yield... -
From Whence Comes Mental Illness Stigma?
From Whence Comes Mental Illness Stigma? by Patrick W. Corrigan "This papers seeks to answer two fundamental questions: What is the basis of the current form of mental illness stigma? and Why...
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Changing Stigma Through Contact
Changing Stigma Through Contact by Patrick W. Corrigan "A review of the research literature suggest three approaches for diminishing social stigma: protest, education, and contact. Although... -
Stay Strong Foundation
Stay Strong Foundation was established in conjunction with the release of Stay Strong: Simple Life Lessons for Teens, the second book authored by Terrie Williams. In the book, Terrie focuses on the... -
Real Warriors
The Real Warriors Campaign is an initiative to promote the processes of building resilience, facilitating recovery and supporting reintegration of returning service members, veterans and their... -
National Organization for People of Color Against Suicide
NOPCAS serves as the only national organization of its kind addressing the issue of suicide prevention and intervention, specifically in communities of color. Our primary focus and mission is to... -
NAMI Urban Los Angeles
NAMI Urban Los Angeles is a non-profit, grassroots, self-help, volunteer organization. It provides education support and advocacy for families and their loved ones dealing with mental illnesses,... -
National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAMI's support and public education efforts are focused on educating America about mental illness, offering resources to those in need, and insisting that mental illness become a high national... -
Black Mental Health Alliance for Education and Consultation, Inc.
The primary mission of the Black Mental Health Alliance is to provide a forum and promote a holistic, culturally relevant approach to the development and maintenance of optimal mental health... -
African American Family Services
African American Family Services works with individuals, families and communities impacted by addiction and mental illness. From our holistic standpoint, we provide culturally-specific chemical and...
