1 Stigma Change and Recovery Patrick Corrigan, Psy.D. Illinois Institute of Technology

2 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

3 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

4 The Media Maintains Stigma

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7 People with mental illness are homicidal maniacs In the movies

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10 People with mental illness are homicidal maniacs In the newspapers

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14 People with mental illness are homicidal maniacs In advertising

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16 People with mental illness are homicidal maniacs In comics

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20 People with mental illness are lovable buffoons Benevolence stigma

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Trenton State Hospital has fire.

27 Roasted Nuts

Has Stigma Changed? We are more enlightened about mental illness? Phelan, Link et al 28

DANGER Phelan, Link et al 29

DANGER Phelan, Link et al 30