Prejudice and Discrimination From Mental Health Service Providers

摘要

Topic: This column describes the experience of prejudice and discrimination that some mental health service users encounter in their interactions with service providers and organizations. Purpose: The intent of this column is to highlight potential action steps to address the negative beliefs and attitudes of service providers that contribute to prejudice and discrimination. Sources Used: This description draws from published material and the authors' experience. Conclusions and Implications for Practice: If the most effective approaches to reduce public prejudice and discrimination toward people diagnosed with a mental illness are education and contact, then those methods may be useful methods to help mental health service providers view and engage persons served from a strengths-based recovery and wellness orientation.