Summary Of The Article 'No Health Without Mental Health'
Abstract – The stigma attached to schizophrenia and ultimately all mental illness, literally ruins people’s lives. This article discusses the No Health without Mental Health strategy, released in February by the Department of Health and how it addresses stigma and discrimination and the Time to Change campaign which is led by Rethink and Mind. Recommendations are made as to how frontline healthcare professionals can actively support and educate service users who will suffer first hand from stigma and discrimination. Information about independent organizations providing support services for people with mental health problems is provided.
Keywords: Stigma, discrimination, schizophrenia, Time to Change, No Health without Mental Health. …show more content…
The new name was introduced to update and redefine the diagnostic use and criteria of the condition it described and to try and disperse the stigma and fear that had developed surrounding the term dementia praecox. Although from a diagnostic and medical point of view the new term was a breakthrough and revolution in the treatment of this condition, the change did little to target the public’s fear of the illness itself. Over 100 years has passed and very little has improved in relation to the public’s understanding of this illness. Discrimination is rife across all aspects of life for people with schizophrenia, particularly within employment, healthcare and within one’s local community (Time to Change 2008). It is not only patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia that experience discrimination and stigma but people suffering from any mental illness. This is both surprising and puzzling as one in four people will now personally experience a mental health problem during their lifetime (Mental Health Foundation 2011) and also due to the vast amount of campaigns that have been active over the last ten years, some of which will be discussed further.
Mental illness is something that will always be feared by the general public as it’s simply something most people cannot relate to (Social Care Institute for Excellence 2007). There are …show more content…
Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Rethink (2011) Contact Us – Support http://www.rethink.org.uk/contact
Samaritans (2011) 24 Hour Help and Support http://www.samaritans.org/phone_calls.aspx
Social Care Institute for Excellence (2007) A common purpose: Recovery in future mental health services. SCIE, London.
Time to Change (2008) Stigma shout: service user and carers experiences of stigma and discrimination. Time to Change, London.
Time to Change (2011) Let’s End Mental Health Discrimination. www.time-to-change.org.uk
Weinberger D & Harrison P (2011) Schizophrenia. Wiley-Blackwell, New Jersey.
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Time to Change (2008) Stigma shout: service user and carers experiences of stigma and discrimination. Time to Change, London.
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Time to Change (2008) Stigma shout: service user and carers experiences of stigma and discrimination. Time to Change, London.
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Time to Change (2008) Stigma shout: service user and carers experiences of stigma and discrimination. Time to Change,
Keywords: Stigma, discrimination, schizophrenia, Time to Change, No Health without Mental Health. …show more content…
The new name was introduced to update and redefine the diagnostic use and criteria of the condition it described and to try and disperse the stigma and fear that had developed surrounding the term dementia praecox. Although from a diagnostic and medical point of view the new term was a breakthrough and revolution in the treatment of this condition, the change did little to target the public’s fear of the illness itself. Over 100 years has passed and very little has improved in relation to the public’s understanding of this illness. Discrimination is rife across all aspects of life for people with schizophrenia, particularly within employment, healthcare and within one’s local community (Time to Change 2008). It is not only patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia that experience discrimination and stigma but people suffering from any mental illness. This is both surprising and puzzling as one in four people will now personally experience a mental health problem during their lifetime (Mental Health Foundation 2011) and also due to the vast amount of campaigns that have been active over the last ten years, some of which will be discussed further.
Mental illness is something that will always be feared by the general public as it’s simply something most people cannot relate to (Social Care Institute for Excellence 2007). There are …show more content…
Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Rethink (2011) Contact Us – Support http://www.rethink.org.uk/contact
Samaritans (2011) 24 Hour Help and Support http://www.samaritans.org/phone_calls.aspx
Social Care Institute for Excellence (2007) A common purpose: Recovery in future mental health services. SCIE, London.
Time to Change (2008) Stigma shout: service user and carers experiences of stigma and discrimination. Time to Change, London.
Time to Change (2011) Let’s End Mental Health Discrimination. www.time-to-change.org.uk
Weinberger D & Harrison P (2011) Schizophrenia. Wiley-Blackwell, New Jersey.
Figure One
Time to Change (2008) Stigma shout: service user and carers experiences of stigma and discrimination. Time to Change, London.
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Time to Change (2008) Stigma shout: service user and carers experiences of stigma and discrimination. Time to Change, London.
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Time to Change (2008) Stigma shout: service user and carers experiences of stigma and discrimination. Time to Change,