Stigma, Self-Stigma, and Identity in Severe Mental Illness: Negative Consequences and Ways to Counter

About the Event:

Public mental health stigma is pervasive and has many negative impacts. One consequence is that it can lead to self-stigma among mental health service users, including people with severe mental illness. This webinar will discuss how self-stigma can impact the identity development of service users and will share ways that mental health staff can help combat mental health stigma.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:

• Describe mental health stigma and the ways that it is harmful
• Identify how self-stigma impacts people with severe mental illness and their identity development
• Identify ways that mental health staff can work to reduce stigma

About the Presenter:

Evan Myers, MS, is a fourth-year Clinical Psychology doctoral student at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He is interested in recovery-oriented evidence-based practices. His current research interests include metacognition and disorganized speech in severe mental illness.