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Shifting the Stigma: Overcoming Challenges in Mental Health Advocacy

Explore the effects of stigma on mental health and strategies to challenge it. Learn from research findings on media coverage and ways to promote positive change. Join the movement to prioritize mental health awareness and combat discrimination.

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Shifting the Stigma: Overcoming Challenges in Mental Health Advocacy

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  1. shifting the stigmaRaza Griffiths, SHIFT Expert AdviserSocial Perspectives Network Joint Project Co-ordinator

  2. private organisations the media young people public organisations

  3. www.shift.org.uk

  4. effects of stigma • misinformation • hopelessness • help not accessed • discrimination • social exclusion • poor mental health

  5. the government stigmatises too“but where there is power there is also resistance”- Michel Foucault www.spn.org.uk

  6. checklist for challenging stigma • involve experts by experience • long term campaigning and funding • co-ordinated multi agency working • revue existing work to avoid duplication • address behavioural change in many ways • targeted and consistent messages • prioritise most stigmatised groups • measure and evaluate all work

  7. mind over matter • commissioned by SHIFT • undertaken by Mentality, Sainsbury Centre, Rethink and Mental Health Media • aims to understand the nature of media coverage, how the media works and how the public is influenced by media coverage

  8. mind over matterdescription • print and broadcast media analysis for March 2005 • 2 focus groups – service users and general public • content analysis • interviews with journalists

  9. draft research findingsbased on analysis of 8 national newspapers • SMHP coverage much more negative coverage than CMHPs • recovery message missing from SMHP stories • the law is the most important originator for SMHP coverage • the law is the most quoted source for SMHP coverage • voice of experts by experience missing from SMHP stories

  10. research findingswhat we need to do • prioritise stigma against SMHP • get the voice of experts by experience heard more often • more proactive work to create more positive coverage • mental health promotion within the legal system • continue media monitoring to measure impact of work

  11. thinking about undertaking media work hopes fears

  12. with the right training and support you can get your voice heard and make a difference raza.griffiths@scie.org.uk

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