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Stigma Change and Recovery

Patrick Corrigan, Psy.D.Illinois Institute of Technology

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Success is to be measured not so much by the position

one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has

overcome while trying to succeed.

Booker T. Washington

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Goals for Today

1. What is Stigma?2. How do we stop it?3. How do we measure whether we

have stopped it?

Case Studies and Definitions

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The Media Maintains Stigma

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People with mental illness are homicidal maniacs

In the movies

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People with mental illness are homicidal maniacs

In the newspapers

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People with mental illness are homicidal maniacs

In advertising

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People with mental illness are homicidal maniacs

In comics

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People with mental illness are lovable buffoons

Benevolence stigma

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Isn’t It Better

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Trenton State Hospital has fire.

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Roasted Nuts

Has Stigma Changed?

We are more enlightened about mental illness?

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