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Revisiting the Relationships among Community Mental Health Services, Stigma, and Well-Being

Kristen Marcussen
Christian Ritter

50 Years After Deinstitutionalization: Mental Illness in Contemporary Communities

ISBN: 978-1-78560-403-4, eISBN: 978-1-78560-402-7

ISSN: 1057-6290

Publication date: 4 July 2016

Abstract

Originality/value

This chapter builds on previous research that examines the relative effects of services and stigma among individuals in community health care by extending measures of both services and stigma, and by examining the relationship between them, in order to better determine their implications for self-concept and well-being.

Keywords

  • Mental health services
  • Perceived stigma
  • Internalized stigma
  • Self-concept
  • Quality of life
  • Functioning

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments

We thank the clients and staff of Community Support Services (CSS) and the Consumer Education Outreach Center for their assistance in research design and data collection. In particular we thank Terrence Dalton and Frank Sepetauc, from CSS, for their help with logistics and their support of this effort. We also thank Tom Grande and Nick Veauthier of the County of Summit Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board for technical assistance. This study could not have been done without their help. Collaborators for this project who contributed to the research design include: Richard E. Adams, Kristin Baughman, Natalie Bonfine, Sara E. Dugan, Mary Gallagher, Kristen Marcussen, Kristin Mickelson, R. Scott Olds, Elizabeth Piatt, and James Werner. This work was supported by the Northeast Ohio Medical University Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (Christian Ritter, PI). Funding for the study is provided by Northeast Ohio Medical University, Christian Ritter (PI).

Citation

Marcussen, K. and Ritter, C. (2016), "Revisiting the Relationships among Community Mental Health Services, Stigma, and Well-Being", 50 Years After Deinstitutionalization: Mental Illness in Contemporary Communities (Advances in Medical Sociology, Vol. 17), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 177-206. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-629020160000017007

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