Self‐Stigma,Mental Health Literacy,and Health Outcomes in Integrated Care |
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Authors: | Allison Crowe Patrick R. Mullen Kerry Littlewood |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Interdisciplinary ProfessionsEast Carolina University;2. Department of School Psychology and Counselor EducationCollege of William & Mary;3. School of Social WorkUniversity of South Florida |
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Abstract: | The authors describe research on the self‐stigma of mental illness and help seeking, mental health literacy, and health outcomes in an integrated care medical center. Results revealed that self‐stigma of mental illness and self‐stigma of seeking help had an inverse relationship with mental health literacy. No statistically significant relationships were found between health outcomes, either type of self‐stigma, and mental health literacy. The authors discuss these and other findings and offer research and counseling implications. |
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Keywords: | self‐stigma help seeking health outcomes integrated care mental health literacy |
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