Are Interventions For Reducing Stigma Toward People With Severe Mental Illness Effective?
People with severe mental illnesses—including schizophrenia, psychosis, and bipolar disorder—often experience serious social and economic hardship because of their illness. Managing such illness is task enough. But those with severe mental illness (SMI) also experience higher unemployment and homelessness rates. Additionally, they have to deal with the prejudice and stereotyping that comes along with SMI. That societal stigma has, not surprisingly, been found to have a tremendously negative effect on their well-being.
There are many anti-stigma interventions that have been developed …
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