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Materials about addressing the stigma associated with mental health issues.

Change Your Mind about Mental Health
URL: http://www.schoolmentalhealth.org/Resources/Stdnt/APAGetHelpFlyer-Teens.pdf
This material describes mental health issues of teens and encourages help-seeking. It uses "Learn from your peers" vignettes, one of which involves a teen with suicidal ideation.
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Countering stigma and discrimination: Overview. - Stigma research approaches to counter stigma (Presentation)
URL: http://www.sprc.org/grantees/pdf/2006/Schauer_Stigma.pdf
From the 2006 GLSMA Meeting. Discusses: MacArthur Mental Health Module General Social Survey (1996); mental illness stigma among young adults; and persistence of stigma.
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Developing a stigma reduction initiative
URL: http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/ken/pdf/SMA06-4176/Developing_a_Stigma_Reduction.pdf
This toolkit is designed to support the activities of those who plan to mount a statewide, regional, or local effort to address and counter stigma and discrimination. It is intended for use by local mental health advocates, consumers of mental health services and their family members, community leaders, and other organizations and individuals who have dedicated themselves to eliminating the barriers of stigma and discrimination faced by people with mental illnesses.
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Fight Stigma: Become A StigmaBuster!
URL: http://www.nami.org/TextTemplate.cfm?Section=Fight_Stigma&Template=/ContentManagement/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=8487
NAMI StigmaBusters is a group of dedicated advocates across the country and around the world who seek to fight the inaccurate, hurtful representations of mental illness.
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GLBTQI mental health: Recommendations for policies and services
URL: http://www.upennrrtc.org/var/tool/file/222-GLBTQI_MH_Recommendations_for_Policies_and_Services-1.pdf
This companion* resource guide provides important considerations for service providers and policy makers, including an assessment of the barriers faced by individuals in the GLBTQI community who are seeking mental health care and practical strategies to address these obstacles. The information is based on both a growing body of literature on the topic and the focus groups conducted by the authors. *A Mental Health Recovery and Community Integration Guide for GLBTQI Individuals: What You Need to Know
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A mental health recovery and community integration guide for GLBTQI individuals: What you need to know
URL: http://www.nami.org/Content/ContentGroups/Multicultural_Support1/Fact_Sheets1/GLBTQI_Recovery_Community_Integration_booklet.pdf
This 12-page booklet covers a range of key issues in mental health recovery and community integration, such as treatment and rehabilitation, financial support, housing, employment, and peer support, with specific information to address the unique needs of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Intersex (GLBTQI) individuals with a mental illness.
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On the stigma of mental illness (Presentation)
URL: http://www.sprc.org/grantees/campus/PDF/corrigan.pdf
Campus Suicide Prevention Grantee Technical Assistance Meeting. January 17-19, 2007, Gaithersburg, MD. Demonstrates examples of mental illness stigma in mass media. Provides strategies for starting anti-stigma programs.
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Recommendations on issues of access to and inclusion in behavioral health services for LGBTQI consumers
URL: http://www.upennrrtc.org/resources/view.php?tool_id=223
The Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) through contract with the UPenn Collaborative on Community Integration, formed a workgroup to make recommendations to ensure that OMHSAS, and other health providers and agencies acted to reduce disparities in outcomes between GLBTQI individuals with a mental illness and the general population. The workgroup recommendations centered around the goals of ensuring that GLBTQI individuals with a mental illness were protected from mistreatment and offered clinically competent mental health care services in welcoming environments.
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Resource Center to Promote Acceptance, Dignity and Social Inclusion Associated with Mental Health (ADS Center)
URL: http://www.stopstigma.samhsa.gov/
TThe SAMHSA ADS Center provides information and advice on countering discrimination and stigma associated with mental illness.
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SAMHSA’s national stigma reduction programs (Presentation)
URL: http://www.sprc.org/grantees/pdf/2006/Marshall_Stigma.pdf
Describes: National Anti-Stigma Campaign (NASC); Voice Awards; Participatory Dialogues; "Challenging stereotypes" booklet; and Resource Center to Address Stigma and Discrimination (ADS Center).
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Stigma watch
URL: http://www.nmha.org/go/about-us/pressroom/stigma-watch
The National Mental Health Association�s Stigma Watch program tracks news and entertainment coverage of mental health issues for fairness and accuracy, with the goal of correcting and preventing stigmatizing advertising, television and radio programming, and print features. A form to report stigmas is available on this web site. Usually, NMHA responds to these events by contacting the offending organization or sponsors by phone and correspondence. Depending on the incident, NMHA will develop a more targeted strategy to seek the discontinuance of the ad or program.
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What a difference a friend makes (National Mental Health Anti-Stigma Campaign)
URL: http://whatadifference.org/
SAMHSA launched this campaign to encourage, educate, and inspire people between 18 and 25 to support their friends who are experiencing mental health problems. The prevalence of serious mental health conditions in this age group is almost double that of the general population, yet young people have the lowest rate of help-seeking behaviors. This group has a high potential to minimize future disability if social acceptance is broadened and they receive the right support and services early on.
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