Service-Learning with the Mentally Ill: Softening the Stigma
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| Title: | Service-Learning with the Mentally Ill: Softening the Stigma |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Barney, Steve T., Corser, Grant C., White, Lynn H. |
| Source: | Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning. Spr 2010 16(2):66-77. |
| Availability: | Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning, University of Michigan. 1024 Hill Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3310. Tel: 734-647-7402; Fax: 734-647-7464; Web site: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 12 |
| Publication Date: | 2010 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Higher Education |
| Descriptors: | Control Groups, Service Learning, Psychopathology, Mental Disorders, Well Being, Social Bias, Course Evaluation, Reflection, Student Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Caring, Outcomes of Education |
| ISSN: | 1076-0180 |
| Abstract: | Stigmas toward those who have mental illnesses are wide-spread and detrimental to the health and well-being of those suffering from these debilitating conditions, and to society as a whole. Stigma-reducing programs are plentiful but many are only marginally effective. In this paper we describe and evaluate a course in Psychopathology that included service-learning and reflection activities as central course components. Compared to a control group, service-learners' attitudes toward the mentally ill were more uniformly positive and compassionate after they completed the course. We discuss these results from a broad service-learning perspective. (Contains 2 tables and 3 figures.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 40 |
| Entry Date: | 2010 |
| Access URL: | https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/p/pod/dod-idx?c=mjcsl;idno=3239521.0016.205 |
| Accession Number: | EJ904635 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Stigmas toward those who have mental illnesses are wide-spread and detrimental to the health and well-being of those suffering from these debilitating conditions, and to society as a whole. Stigma-reducing programs are plentiful but many are only marginally effective. In this paper we describe and evaluate a course in Psychopathology that included service-learning and reflection activities as central course components. Compared to a control group, service-learners' attitudes toward the mentally ill were more uniformly positive and compassionate after they completed the course. We discuss these results from a broad service-learning perspective. (Contains 2 tables and 3 figures.) |
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| ISSN: | 1076-0180 |
