Mental Health Stigma with Dr. Petra Gronholm

On episode 74, we talk mental health stigma with Dr. Petra Gronholm. What does stigma really look like for various mental health disorders? We discuss the three parts of stigma: Knowledge, attitudes, and behavior; the differences between interpersonal and structural stigma; how to reduce stigma; and Petra provides us with 5 recommendations to reduce Covid-19 stigmatization! If you are curious as to whether or not you should approach someone about their mental health issues, we also discuss what the best approach is.

Shownotes:

Check out Petra’s open access paper on how to reduce stigma:

Gronholm, P. C., Nosé, M., Van Brakel, W. H., Eaton, J., Ebenso, B., Fiekert, K., ... & Thornicroft, G. (2021). Reducing stigma and discrimination associated with COVID-19: early stage pandemic rapid review and practical recommendations. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences, 1-23.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7884669/ 

Want to learn more about what Petra’s group does on mental health stigma?

Check out www.Indigo-group.org for more information on how to access stigma, information on low-income country data, etc.

Follow Petra on Twitter @GronholmPetra