TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Motivational guest speaker presentation as an anti-stigma intervention for US Army soldiers
JO  - U.S. Army Medical Department journal
A1  - Amin, Rohul
A1  - McLeroy, Sarah C.
A1  - Johnson, Victor M.
SP  - 48
EP  - 53
VL  - 
IS  - 2-18
N2  - Stigma towards mental illness represents a significant challenge. No specific anti-stigma military training curricula currently exists. An infantry division sought to reduce stigma by inviting 2 guest speakers to address Soldiers. The intervention was designed on social contact theory and executed as a quality improvement project. The intervention was speakers self-disclosing their own mental health struggles and having the audience contact with persons from the stigmatized group. Postintervention evaluation (N=361) demonstrated significant reduction in stigma scores (t=8.128, df=329, P<.001, 2-tailed, d=0.3), and effect size was greatest (d=1.17) among those with greater baseline stigma scores. Soldiers also reported positive perceptions of help-seeking behaviors. Given these findings, other units could conduct these type of training events to target stigma toward mental illness.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1524-0436
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -