Together against stigma : changing how we see mental illness : a report on the 5th International Stigma Conference

International Stigma Conference 2012 : Ottawa, Ont.) (5th : (Author). Canadian Human Rights Commission, (issuing body.). Mental Health Commission of Canada, (issuing body.). Public Health Agency of Canada, (issuing body.). World Psychiatric Association. Scientific Section on Stigma and Mental Health, (issuing body.).

Summary: Mental illness is a universal problem; however, the stigma associated with it prevents two-thirds of those who experience mental illness from seeking help. Stigma—the negative attitudes toward people with mental illness, and the negative behaviours that result—is a major barrier preventing individuals from asking for support and, often, preventing support from being readily available. Stigma can limit people’s employment, housing and educational opportunities—and isolate them from friends and family who might otherwise provide crucial support. It is often internalized by those with mental illness, further isolating them. Held in Ottawa, Canada, from June 4–6, 2012, the 5th International Together Against Stigma Conference drew more delegates than any previous meeting on the topic of stigma and mental health. Some 670 attendees from 29 countries came together for a programme of 115 sessions and 95 posters, built from 279 submitted abstracts. The international character of the conference underscored the fact that stigma is not exclusive to any one country or culture. It is pervasive, encountered at all levels of society and institutions, among families and within the healthcare profession itself. One of the strongest messages to emerge was that any effort to reduce stigma must involve persons who have experienced mental illness. This event included more than 100 such individuals—as attendees, volunteers and presenters. Its diverse audience also included researchers, mental health professionals, policymakers and media.

Record details

ISBN: 9781100209784
ISBN: 9781100209777
Physical Description: electronic
electronic resource
remote
1 electronic text (115 pages) ill., digital file.
Publisher: Ottawa, Canada : Mental Health Commission of Canada, [2012]
Copyright: ©2012

Content descriptions

General Note:	Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program (Weekly checklist 2013-35).
Formatted Contents Note:	Media depictions -- Welcome -- Stigma and the family -- Standing up, speaking out -- Lessons learned -- It is time to shift the paradigm.-- Keynote and roundtable discussion: Media depictions of mental illnesses -- Making mental health part of the national conversation -- Roundtable discussion -- Parallel session 1: Symposia, workshops, panel discussions and oral presentations -- Symposium: Opening Minds – Mental Health Commission of Canada -- An evidence-based approach -- Symposium: Changing media representations -- A powerful force -- Symposium: Consumer voice and social participation -- Nothing about us without us -- Symposium: International perspectives on stigma -- What does stigma look like where you are from?-- Workshop: Using art and music -- Creating connections, erasing stigma -- Workshop: California’s statewide program -- A sweeping strategy -- Panel discussion: The family -- Getting families involved -- Oral presentations: Participatory action and research -- In research, lived experience counts -- Oral presentations: Using media and the arts to reduce stigma -- Mediating impressions -- Parallel session 2: Symposia, workshops, panel discussions and oral presentations -- Workshop: Mental health strategy—Canada -- Changing directions, changing lives -- Workshop: Analyzing media portrayals -- Holding a mirror to the media -- Workshop: Creative arts in recovery -- Opening the door to recovery -- Interactive discussion: People with lived experience of a mental illness -- Taking on stigma—alphabetically -- Oral presentations: Attitudes and opinions -- Broadening the research base -- Oral presentations: Stigma and social structures -- Inclusion, exclusion and how stigma gets built in -- Oral presentations: Approaches to stigma reduction -- The impact of stigma on care -- Oral presentations: Stigma and help-seeking -- What kind of a barrier is stigma? -- Oral presentations: Changing the story through client voice -- Of tales and tellers -- Oral presentations: Media depictions -- Casting dark shadows -- DAY 2: HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS/YOUTH -- Personal perspectives -- Through the eyes of experience -- Building better practices targeting healthcare -- Making contact with care providers -- Building better practices targeting youth -- The youth experience -- Parallel session 1: Symposia, workshops, panel discussions and oral presentations -- Symposium: Stigma in the military -- Combatting the barriers to care -- Symposium: Global patterns -- DISC: A measurement scale for stigma -- Symposium: Stigma and mental illness in resource-poor settings -- Stigma is at home everywhere -- Workshop: Disclosure -- Coming out proud -- Oral presentations: School-based programs -- Taking anti-stigma to school -- Oral presentations: Stigma and culture -- How context and access affect stigma -- Oral presentations: Measures and models -- Making stigma visible -- Oral presentations: Key elements -- Reaching youth effectively -- Oral presentations: Personal journeys -- Taking their lives back -- Oral presentations: Concepts, models and best practices -- Fostering social inclusion -- Parallel session 2: Symposia, workshops, panel discussions and oral presentations -- Symposium: Stigma in primary care -- Focusing on the front lines -- Symposium: Contact-based education and health professionals -- Reshaping attitudes -- Symposium: Advocacy -- Giving people the chance to speak for themselves -- Symposium: The role of professional groups -- How professional bodies can help combat stigma -- Workshop: Outreach -- Partners—for life -- Workshop: School-based programming -- Getting kids talking -- Oral presentations: Reducing stigma in health professionals -- Changing the power dynamics of care -- Oral presentations: Mental health providers -- Questions of respect -- Oral presentations: Mental health directions -- Anti-stigma and mental health awareness in the digital age -- Oral presentations: Parent and youth perspectives -- Trying to speak the same language about mental health -- DAY 3: THE WORKPLACE/HUMAN RIGHTS -- Workplace wellness -- Fighting stigma on the job -- Parallel session 1: Symposia, workshops, panel discussions and oral presentations -- Symposium: Social businesses -- Where business and society meet -- Workshop: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a tool to protect the rights of people with mental disorders -- Breaking global ground -- Workshop (French): Quebec Anti-Stigma Provincial Committee: A guide toward better anti-stigma strategies -- A comprehensive look at stigma in Quebec -- Oral presentations: Stigma and forensic issues -- Crime and mental illness -- Oral presentations: Ingredients for success -- Feeling understood, feeling valued -- Oral presentations: Personal perspectives and perceptions -- Pathways to recovery -- Oral presentations: Using creative arts -- Art as outreach -- Oral presentations: Reducing stigma in health settings -- Questions of dignity -- Oral presentations: Workplace programs and approaches -- Two views: The workplace, the system -- Oral presentations: Stigma stereotypes and attitudes -- Professional approaches: Two views -- Parallel session 2: Symposia, workshops, panel discussions and oral presentations -- Symposium: Methods for understanding workplace stigma -- Three ways of seeing -- Workshop: The legal right to be accommodated: A human rights approach to getting and keeping a job -- Challenging stigma in the workplace -- Symposium: Military mental health education -- Awareness-building from boot camp onward -- Symposium: Measurement -- How do you measure stigma? -- Oral presentations: Stigma in healthcare settings -- Strengthening services, stamping out stigma.-- Workshop: Family experiences -- How caregivers cope -- Oral presentations: Consumer-based interventions -- Engaging lived experience -- Oral presentations: Employment stigma -- Mental illness on the job -- Oral presentations: Advocacy and human rights -- Are we living up to our obligations? -- Oral presentations: Workplace stigma -- Shaping the workplace through knowledge and law -- Panel Discussion: It’s a matter of rights: A human rights approach to eliminating stigma and discrimination -- Identifying the sources of discrimination -- Closing ceremonies -- Participants -- Participating Countries -- Appendix A: Poster Summaries -- Appendix B: Presenters & Authors.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Electronic monograph in PDF format.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Issuing Body Note:	Co-published by: Canadian Human Rights Commission, World Psychiatric Association Scientific Section on Stigma and Mental Health, and Public Health Agency of Canada.