Stigma and discrimination experienced by people living with severe and persistent mental illness in assertive community treatment settings

Conclusion:
Discrimination was highly prevalent in everyday aspects of life. While healthcare professionals often tend to increase perceived stigma and discrimination, this was only experienced in interactions with general health professionals, while interactions with ACT team members decreased perceived stigma and increased positive discrimination. This indicates that healthcare professionals potentially have a significant role in reducing stigma and discrimination in mental health and that such an effect may be optimised in an ACT team setting.

Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - September 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ye, J., Chen, T. F., Paul, D., McCahon, R., Shankar, S., Rosen, A., OReilly, C. L. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research