The Cambridge Handbook of Stigma and Mental Health

A guide to the latest research on mental health stigma and the most effective interventions to reduce it.

David L. Vogel (Edited by), Nathaniel G. Wade (Edited by)

9781108843904, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 11 August 2022

550 pages
26.2 x 18.5 x 3.4 cm, 1.12 kg

'I have been involved in research on stigma, mental health, and help-seeking, and I am so glad to see that we will have the 'go-to' resource for researchers, students, teachers, and practitioners. This handbook provides the most updated collaborative research efforts in understanding the process of stigma, with great breadth and depth. It also offers ways to overcome stigma toward mental illness and seeking therapy.' Hsin-Ya Liao, Washington State University, USA

The persistence of stigma of mental illness and seeking therapy perpetuates suffering and keeps people from getting the help they need and deserve. This volume, analysing the most up-to-date research on this process and ways to intervene, is designed to give those who are working to overcome stigma a strong, research-based foundation for their work. Chapters address stigma reduction efforts at the individual, community, and national levels, and discuss what works and what doesn't. Others explore how holding different stigmatized identities compounds the burden of stigma and suggest ways to attend to these differences. Throughout, there is a focus on the current state of the research knowledge in the field, its applications, and recommendations for future research. The Handbook provides a compelling case for the benefits reaped from current research and intervention, and shows why continued work is needed.

1. Introduction to the handbook of stigma and mental health David Vogel and Nathaniel Wade
2. Theoretical models to understand stigma of mental illness Lindsey Sheehan, Carlo Palermo and Patrick Corrigan
3. Disentangling mental illness and help seeking stigmas Rachel Brenner, Maddie Egli and Joseph Hammer
4. Measurement of mental illness stigma and discrimination Elaine Brohan, Maria Milenov, Ioannis Bakolis, Sara Evans-Lacko, Brandon Kohrt, and Graham Thornicroft
5. Time trends in public stigma Georg Schomerus and Matthias, Angermeyer
6. Consequences of the self-stigma of mental illness Jennifer Boyd, Manuel López, Clara González-Sanguino, J. Irene Harris and Isaiah Sampson
7. Self-stigma of seeking help: A meta-analysis Daniel Lannin and Jacqueline Bible
8. Stigma and suicide Philip Batterham, Alison Calear, and Ella Kurz
9. Intellectual disability stigma: The state of the evidence Shirli Werner and Katrina Scior
10. The intersection of mental health stigma and marginalized identities Courtney Andrysiak, Jennifer Cherry, Jessica Salmonsen and Lauren Mizock
11. Stigma and mental health in ethnic minority populations Lonnie Snowden, Genevieve Graaf, Latocia Keyes and Amanda Ryan
12. Mental health stigma amongst LGBTQ+ populations Carlos Vidales and Ashley MacBeth
13. Unpacking cultural influences on stigma of people with mental illness between group oriented and individual-oriented cultures Winnie Mak and Ben Yu
14. All the world's a stage: men, masculinity, and mental health stigma Stephen Wester
15. Understanding and reducing the stigma of mental health problems and of treatment among military personnel Thomas Britt and Zachary Klinefelter
16. Stigma of seeking mental health services and related constructs in older versus younger adults Corey Mackenzie, Nicole DelRosario and Melissa Krook
17. Stigma and mental health in the abrahamic religious traditions Lily Mathison, Russell Jackson and Nathaniel Wade
18. Interventions to reduce mental illness stigma and discrimination at the person-level for individuals and small groups Sarah Parry, Elaine Brohan, Petra Gronholm and Graham Thornicroft
19. Population-based interventions to reduce the stigma of mental illness Gaia Sampogna, Andrea Fiorillo, Lisa Giannelli and Claire Henderson
20. Interventions to reduce help-seeking stigma for mental health conditions Jane Hahn, Lina-Jolien Peter, Vanessa Juergensen, Georg Schomerus and Sara Evans-Lacko
21. Self-affirmation interventions Andrew Seidman
22. Mindfulness and self-compassion interventions to address mental health stigma Patrick Heath
23. What is left to be done: key points, future directions, and new innovations Nathaniel Wade and David Vogel.

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ], Health psychology [MBNH9], Social, group or collective psychology [JMH]