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  • 20 - Interventions to Reduce Help-Seeking Stigma for Mental Health Conditions

  • from Part IV - Reducing Stigma to Promote Mental Health
  • Edited by David L. Vogel, Iowa State University, Nathaniel G. Wade, Iowa State University
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Handbook of Stigma and Mental Health
    Published online:
    28 July 2022
    Print publication:
    11 August 2022, pp 413-428

  • Summary

    Help seeking for mental health problems is a multifaceted and dynamic process involving both formal and informal networks that has many associated barriers. One of the prominent barriers is help-seeking stigma, which is stigma associated with asking for or receiving help. This stigma can emerge even during very early stages of the development of a mental health problem, leading to delays in receiving any care or support. The aim of help-seeking interventions is to mitigate the barriers associated with help seeking. Much of the research surrounding help-seeking interventions focuses on increasing mental health literacy, and developing cognitive techniques surrounding help seeking for improving mental health and reducing stigma by applying strategies including: psychoeducation, contact, and resource sharing. Systematic reviews show that the majority of interventions target formal help seeking. Research that is more recent has highlighted the potential benefits of online help-seeking interventions due to its accessibility and cost-effectiveness. This chapter reviews the current challenges of help-seeking interventions and future direction of research.

  • Continuum beliefs and mental illness stigma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of correlation and intervention studies

  • Lina-Jolien Peter, Stephanie Schindler, Christian Sander, Silke Schmidt, Holger Muehlan, Thomas McLaren, Samuel Tomczyk, Sven Speerforck, Georg Schomerus
  • Journal:
    Psychological Medicine / Volume 51 / Issue 5 / April 2021
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    08 April 2021, pp. 716-726
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  • Background

    Promulgating a continuum model of mental health and mental illness has been proposed as a way to reduce stigma by decreasing notions of differentness. This systematic review and meta-analysis examines whether continuum beliefs are associated with lower stigma, and whether continuum interventions reduce stigma.

    Methods

    Following a pre-defined protocol (PROSPERO: CRD42019123606), we searched three electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, and PsycINFO) yielding 6726 studies. After screening, we included 33 studies covering continuum beliefs, mental illness, and stigma. Of these, 13 studies were included in meta-analysis.

    Results

    Continuum beliefs are consistently associated with lower stigma. Interventions were effective at manipulating continuum beliefs but differ in their effects on stigmatising attitudes.

    Conclusions

    We discuss whether and to what extent attitudes towards people with mental illness can be improved by providing information on a mental health-mental illness continuum. It appeared to be relevant whether interventions promoted a feeling of ‘us’ and a process of identification with the person with mental illness. We discuss implications for the design of future interventions.