TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Work Faculty and Mental Illness Stigma
AU - Watson, Amy C.
AU - Fulambarker, Anjali
AU - Kondrat, David C.
AU - Holley, Lynn
AU - Kranke, Derrick
AU - Wilkins, Brittany T.
AU - Stromwall, Layne K.
AU - Eack, Shaun M.
PY - 2017/4/3
Y1 - 2017/4/3
N2 - Stigma is a significant barrier to recovery and full community inclusion for people with mental illnesses. Social work educators can play critical roles in addressing this stigma, yet little is known about their attitudes. Social work educators were surveyed about their general attitudes about people with mental illnesses, attitudes about practice with people with mental illnesses, and attitudes about students with mental illnesses. On average, educators’ general and practice attitudes were not negative. However, respondents did view a student with a mental illness differently from a “typical social work student.” Findings suggest that we, as social work educators, must raise our awareness and address our own attitudes to support students and uphold our social work values.
AB - Stigma is a significant barrier to recovery and full community inclusion for people with mental illnesses. Social work educators can play critical roles in addressing this stigma, yet little is known about their attitudes. Social work educators were surveyed about their general attitudes about people with mental illnesses, attitudes about practice with people with mental illnesses, and attitudes about students with mental illnesses. On average, educators’ general and practice attitudes were not negative. However, respondents did view a student with a mental illness differently from a “typical social work student.” Findings suggest that we, as social work educators, must raise our awareness and address our own attitudes to support students and uphold our social work values.
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U2 - 10.1080/10437797.2016.1260506
DO - 10.1080/10437797.2016.1260506
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85009958971
SN - 1043-7797
VL - 53
SP - 174
EP - 186
JO - Journal of Social Work Education
JF - Journal of Social Work Education
IS - 2
ER -