Stigma in the Mental Health Workplace: Perceptions of Peer Employees and Clinicians

Informed by a structural theory of workplace discrimination, mental health system employees’ perceptions of mental health workplace stigma and discrimination against service recipients and peer employees were investigated. Fifty-one peer employees and 52 licensed behavioral health clinicians partici...

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Published in:	Community mental health journal Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 472 - 481
Main Authors:	Stromwall, Layne K., Holley, Lynn C., Bashor, Kathy E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston Springer US 01-08-2011 Springer Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adult Analysis of covariance Attitude of Health Personnel Attitude towards mental illness Attitudes Behavior Biological and medical sciences Community and Environmental Psychology Discrimination Discrimination (Psychology) Employees Employment discrimination Ethnicity Female Health Personnel - psychology Health services Health staff related problems. Vocational training Humans Internet Literature reviews Male Medical personnel Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mental disorders Mental Health Mental health care Mental Health Services Middle Aged Original Paper Peer Group Peer relationships Peers Perception Perceptions Prejudice Professional relationships Psychiatry Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Social Closure Social integration Social justice Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry Social psychology Southwestern United States Stereotyping Stigma Stigmatization Whites Workplace - psychology Workplaces Young Adult United States North America America Southwestern United States Perceived discrimination Stigma Mental health workplace Peer Clinician Social environment Human Work place Social perception Peer relation Health staff Subjective experience Mental health Discrimination Employee Social interaction Mental disorder Public health
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Summary:	Informed by a structural theory of workplace discrimination, mental health system employees’ perceptions of mental health workplace stigma and discrimination against service recipients and peer employees were investigated. Fifty-one peer employees and 52 licensed behavioral health clinicians participated in an online survey. Independent variables were employee status (peer or clinician), gender, ethnicity, years of mental health employment, age, and workplace social inclusion of peer employees. Analysis of covariance on workplace discrimination against service recipients revealed that peer employees perceived more discrimination than clinicians and whites perceived more discrimination than employees of color (corrected model F = 9.743 [16, 87], P = .000, partial ŋ 2 = .644). Analysis of covariance on workplace discrimination against peer employees revealed that peer employees perceived more discrimination than clinicians ( F = 4.593, [6, 97], P = .000, partial ŋ 2 = .223).
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ISSN:	0010-3853 1573-2789
DOI:	10.1007/s10597-010-9349-6