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Fighting Shadows: Self-stigma and Mental Illness Whawhai Atu te Whakam? Hihira
The purpose of the research that forms the basis of this report is to:
• explore the issue of self-stigma (often called internalised stigma) from the perspective of people with experience of mental illness
• investigate the causes and effects of self-stigma
• discuss means of combatting self-stigma amongst people with experience of mental illness. -
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I Haven't Told Them, They Haven't Asked
This report presents the findings of research undertaken with 22 people with experience of mental illness that asked them about their employment experiences. It was conducted as part of a contract that the Mental Health Foundation has with the Ministry of Health, and follows on from a nationwide survey of people with experience of mental illness that the Foundation carried out in 2003.
The report has been supported by a review of literature (Duncan and Peterson, 2007), published separately, focusing on the issues regarding employment and mental illness. The review gathered evidence from over 70 different papers and resources. -
Impacts of National Media Campaign to Counter Stigma and Discrimination Associated With Mental Illness - Survey 9
Older annual surveys available on request. -
Journeys Towards Equality
In 2004 the Mental Health Commission launched “Journeys Towards Equality: Taking Stock of New Zealand’s Efforts to Reduce Discrimination Against People with Experience of Mental Illness.”
The report found that anti-discrimination work had grown enormously in the previous decade, to the extent that it now made sense to talk of a mental health anti-discrimination sector. Ten years prior to 2004 there was no Mental Health Commission, Human Rights Act, Like Minds project or Office for Disability Issues, but now New Zealand has laws and organisations to enable progress. -
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Respect Costs Nothing
The findings of a national discrimination survey, the first to ask people with experience of mental illness about the nature of any discrimination they experienced, was released at the Like Minds, Like Mine National Provider Seminar on 1 December 2004.
The survey, conducted by Debbie Peterson of the Mental Health Foundation, found the people who have experienced mental illness have also often experienced discrimination in all these aspects of their lives. -
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