RISP: STIGMA AND MENTAL ILLNESS

描述（申请人摘要）：人的生活目标和机会 患有严重精神疾病的人受到社会耻辱的严重阻碍， 歧视因此，研究更好地解释的形式和结构， 污名化和减少其影响的战略，将大大改善 心理健康服务和成果。社会心理学家有超过30个 一年的理论和方法的历史，研究定型观念，偏见， 社会外群体的歧视。此RISP的目的是连接 社会心理学视角下的精神病污名研究目标 缺乏生态效益。因此，我们的工作将以基本原则为基础 实地研究，将提高我们的耻辱的外部有效性， 问题研究已为RISP初级和高级人员制定了发展计划 教师，以提高他们在这方面的研究能力。教师发展 和RISP试点基于四个指导维度：（1）实验严谨性 与现实世界的相关性;（2）个人的社会认知过程与 过程与幂子群的相互作用：（3）污名的检验 现象与测试耻辱策略;（4）检查因果关系 污名（态度）与歧视（行为）之间的关系。五 已经起草了试点方案，作为发展的基础 努力和未来的R 01建议：（1）视觉与口头介绍 心理疾病污名化;（2）专业人员对心理疾病的态度， （3）不同层次的污名化的影响， 法律的制度;（4）通过接触改变耻辱和歧视;（5） 改变成见的媒体战略。

DESCRIPTION (Applicant's Abstract): The life goals and opportunities of persons with serious mental illness are significantly impeded by societal stigma and discrimination. Hence, research that better explains the form and structure of stigma, and strategies that diminish its impact, will significantly improve mental health services and outcomes. Social psychologists have more than a 30 year history of theory and methods that examine stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination in social outgroups. The purpose of this RISP is to bridge the goals of research on mental illness stigma with social psychological research lacks ecological validity. Hence, our work will be grounded in basic principles of field research that will enhance the external validity of our stigma studies. A development plan has been generated for RISP junior and senior faculty to enhance their research abilities in this area. Faculty development and RISP pilots are based on four guiding dimensions: (1) experimental rigor versus real-world relevance; (2) individual social cognitive processes versus interaction of processes with power subgroups: (3) examination of stigma phenomenon versus testing stigma strategies; and (4) examining the causal relationship between stigma (attitudes) and discrimination (behavior). Five pilots have been drafted which will serve as a foundation for development efforts and future R01 proposals: (1) Visual versus verbal presentations of mental illness stigma; (2) Professional attitudes about mental illness and mandatory treatment; (3) The impact of stigma across various levels of the legal system; (4) Changing stigma and discrimination through contact; and (5) Media strategies for stigma change.