Report on Stigma and Discrimination
The documents on this page are works in progress. Please contact Bay Area Regional Coordinator Delphine Brody if you have ideas, questions or feedback.
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Normal People Don’t Want to Know Us
The CNMHC report-in-progress “Normal People Don’t Want to Know Us: First-Hand Experiences and Perspectives on Stigma and Discrimination” is still in pieces, but these can be downloaded in a series of PDF documents.
I. Cover, Dedication and Acknowledgments
II. Table of Contents, Executive Summary, Introduction, Analysis of Focus Group Responses (main text of report)
III. Appendix Header
IV. Charts
Note: There are 26 separate chart files in the report. For the sake of simplicity, I am including what I consider the 16 most important charts on this page, in greyscale for more affordable photocopying. If you would like to see all 26, please contact me, Delphine Brody, and I will email them to you as attachments.
Chart 1: 1Q1aTotalsbyCategoryBW.pdf
Chart 2: Q1a Mental Health System Breakdown
Chart 3: Q1a Community/Society Breakdown
Chart 4: Q1a Family Breakdown
Chart 5: Q1a Criminal Justice System Breakdown
Chart 7: Q1b MH System Attitudes and Actions
Chart 8: Q1b Community Attitudes and Actions
Chart 9: Q1b Family Attitudes and Actions
Chart 10: Q1b CJ System Attitudes and Actions
Chart 15: Q2 Treatment Barrier Pro and Con
Chart 16: Q2 No-Fault Broken Brain Pro and Con
Chart 17: Q2 Like Cancer Pro and Con
Chart 18: Q2 Lifelong/Early Pro and Con
Chart 19: Q3 Stigma Definitions
Chart 20: Q3 Discrimination Definitions
Chart 21: Focus Group Settings and Counties
V. Contact Information [Top]
(Note: In addition to the Findings and Recommendations, Bibliography and Index sections, which are still in progress, the Focus Group Notes, while complete, are still in 12 separate Word files. If you would like to see the notes from a specific focus group or all 12, please contact me and I will send you the notes you request as email attachments.
The Executive Summary can also be found here on this site. [Top]
Presentation Summaries
- Summary of panel presentations at the Bay Area Region's workshop on stigma and discrimination at the October 2005 Alternatives Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
- Summary of attendees' comments at our Alternatives '05 workshop.
- Summary of co-presenter Nancy Thomas and attendees' comments at our stigma and discrimination workshop at the November 2005 National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy (NARPA) Conference in Hartford, CT. [Top]
