Opening Minds in Canada: Background and Rationale. (January 2014)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Opening Minds in Canada: Background and Rationale. (January 2014)
- Main Title:
- Opening Minds in Canada: Background and Rationale
- Authors:
- Stuart, Heather
Chen, Shu-Ping
Christie, Romie
Dobson, Keith
Kirsh, Bonnie
Knaak, Stephanie
Koller, Michelle
Krupa, Terry
Lauria-Horner, Bianca
Luong, Dorothy
Modgill, Geeta
Patten, Scott B
Pietrus, Mike
Szeto, Andrew
Whitley, Rob - Abstract:
- Objective: To summarize the background and rationale of the approach taken by the Mental Health Commission of Canada's Opening Minds (OM) Anti-Stigma Initiative. Method: The approach taken by OM incorporates a grassroots, community development philosophy, has clearly defined target groups, uses contact-based education as the central organizing element across interventions, and has a strong evaluative component, so that best practices can be identified, replicated, and disseminated. Contact-based education occurs when people who have experienced a mental illness share their personal story of recovery and hope. Results: OM has acted as a catalyst to develop partnerships between community groups who are undertaking anti-stigma work and an interdisciplinary team of academic researchers in 5 universities who are evaluating the results of these programs. Conclusions: Building partnerships with existing community programs and promoting systematic evaluation using standardized approaches and instruments have contributed to our understanding of best practices in the field of anti-stigma programming.
- Is Part Of:
- Canadian journal of psychiatry =. Volume 59:Number 1(2014)Supplement
- Journal:
- Canadian journal of psychiatry =
- Issue:
- Volume 59:Number 1(2014)Supplement
- Issue Display:
- Volume 59, Issue 1 (2014)
- Year:
- 2014
- Volume:
- 59
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2014-0059-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 8
- Page End:
- 12
- Publication Date:
- 2014-01
- Subjects:
- menial illness stigma -- Opening Minds -- Mental Health Commission of Canada -- contact-based education
Psychiatry -- Periodicals
Psychiatry -- Canada -- Periodicals
616.8900971 - Journal URLs:
- http://cpa.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.sagepublications.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/070674371405901S04 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0706-7437
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