Interpersonal contact and the stigma of mental illness: A review of the literature

By Shannon M. Couture, D. Penn. 2003

569 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Clinical Psychology

1. A. Masuda
2. Steven C. Hayes
3. Deborah Perlick
4. B. Druss
5. Anthony F Jorm
6. P. Corrigan
7. J. Pistorello
8. Helen Christensen

In Social Psychology

1. Deborah Perlick
2. B. Druss
3. A. Masuda
4. Anthony F Jorm
5. B. Schulze
6. P. Corrigan
7. Steven C. Hayes
8. Helen Christensen

Citations in the corpus

• Erasing the Stigma: Where Science Meets Advocacy (2013, unknown): “Several studies specifically focusing on contact’s effect on mental illness stigma have showed promising findings (Alexander & Link, 2003; Boyd, Katz, Link, & Phelan, 2010; Couture & Penn, 2003).”
• The impact of acceptance and commitment training and multicultural training on the stigmatizing attitudes and professional burnout of substance abuse counselors (2004, background): “Stigma and Burnout 24”
• Effect of web-based depression literacy and cognitive–behavioural therapy interventions on stigmatising attitudes to depression (2004, background): “Interpersonal contact with people with mental illness has been reported to be effective in influencing stigma change (Alexander & Link, 2003; Couture & Penn, 2003).”
• Stigma and mental health professionals: A review of the evidence on an intricate relationship (2007, background): “This form of positive personal contact is likely to work against stereotypes of psychiatrists and their patients in medicine and society, and to contribute to mainstreaming psychiatry in general healthcare, thus gradually de-stigmatizing the referral to mental health services (Penn & Couture, 2003).”
• The fight against stigma: An overview of stigma-reduction strategies and interventions (2006, unknown): “The impact of contact interventions increase under specific conditions namely, an equal status between participants, cooperative interaction, institutional support for contact, frequent contact with individuals who mildly disconfirm the stereotype, high levels of intimacy and real-world opportunitie”
• The Impact of Mental Illness Stigma on Seeking and Participating in Mental Health Care (2014, background): “Education approaches to stigma change are often augmented by contact: strategic interactions between people with lived experience of mental illness and targeted members of the public (Couture & Penn, 2003).”
• DBT, FAP, and ACT: How empirically oriented are the new behavior therapy technologies? (2004, background): “CASA total scores at pre, post, and follow-up for ACT, Multicultural Training, and the Educational Control condition.”
• What happens to social relationships in early psychosis? A phenomenological study of young people's experiences (2005, background): “…former friendships, or building new social networks may require psychological interventions to improve young people’s social functioning (Addington et al., 2003) and strategies to reduce the stigmatizing attitudes that may be held by people within their social networks (Couture & Penn, 2003).”