Heather Stuart1, Shu-Ping Chen2, Romie Christie3, Keith Dobson4, Bonnie Kirsh5, Stephanie Knaak6, Michelle Koller7, Terry Krupa8, Bianca Lauria-Horner9, Dorothy Luong10, Geeta Modgill6, Scott B Patten11, Mike Pietrus12, Andrew Szeto13, Rob Whitley14. 1. Professor and Bell Canada Mental Health and Anti-Stigma Research Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario; Senior Consultant, Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Initiative, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Calgary, Alberta. 2. Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Public Health Sciences Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario; Research Associate, Youth Programs, Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Initiative, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Calgary, Alberta. 3. Manager, Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Initiative, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Calgary, Alberta. 4. Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Principal Investigator, Workforce West, Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Initiative, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Calgary, Alberta. 5. Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Principal Investigator, Workforce East, Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Initiative, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Calgary, Alberta. 6. Research Associate, Healthcare Providers, Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Initiative, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Calgary, Alberta. 7. Student, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario; Research Associate, Youth Programs, Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Initiative, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Calgary, Alberta. 8. Professor, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario; Principal Investigator, Workforce East, Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Initiative, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Calgary, Alberta. 9. Associate Professor and Primary Mental Healthcare Education Leader, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Principal Investigator, Healthcare Providers, Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Initiative, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Calgary, Alberta. 10. Research Associate, Workforce East, Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Initiative, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Calgary, Alberta. 11. Principal Investigator, Healthcare Providers, Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Initiative, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Calgary, Alberta; Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Member, Mathison Centre for Research & Education in Mental Health, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. 12. Director, Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Initiative, Mental Health Commission of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. 13. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Research Scientist, Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Initiative, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Calgary, Alberta. 14. Assistant Professor, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; Principal Investigator, Media Monitoring Project, Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Initiative, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Calgary, Alberta.
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.
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.
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