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Community Mental Health Journal
Published in: Community Mental Health Journal 5/2010

01-10-2010 | Original paper

An Examination of Two Brief Stigma Reduction Strategies: Filmed Personal Contact and Hallucination Simulations

Authors: Seth A. Brown, Yolanda Evans, Kelly Espenschade, Maureen O’Connor

Published in: Community Mental Health Journal | Issue 5/2010

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Abstract

Mental illness stigma is quite prevalent with dire consequences. A number of interventions to decrease stigma have been formulated, but have variable effectiveness and limited dissemination. This research examined the impact of two brief interventions: a film depicting individuals with schizophrenia (filmed contact) and a simulation of auditory hallucinations. Participants (N = 143) were randomly assigned to one of three interventions: (1) filmed contact, (2) simulation, or (3) no intervention, and completed two stigma measures prior to, immediately after, and 1 week after the intervention. The filmed contact intervention led to decreases in stigma which persisted across 1 week. However, the simulation led to increases in stigma. The results suggest that a filmed contact intervention may decrease two aspects of mental illness stigma (social distance and negative emotions), which has implications for wide dissemination. The efficacy of a hallucination simulations intervention remains dubious.
Footnotes
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The findings in this study should not be utilized to evaluate the efficacy of the workshop, Hearing Voices that are Distressing: A Training and Simulated Experience, which implements a longer (42-minute) simulation into a three-hour multi-component educational intervention.
 
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Metadata
Title
An Examination of Two Brief Stigma Reduction Strategies: Filmed Personal Contact and Hallucination Simulations
Authors
Seth A. Brown
Yolanda Evans
Kelly Espenschade
Maureen O’Connor
Publication date
01-10-2010
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Community Mental Health Journal / Issue 5/2010
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9309-1

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