5062.0: Wednesday, November 15, 2000: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Stigma and Mental Health

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Bruce Link, PhD
8:30 AMFederal efforts to eliminate mental illness stigma
Kevin D. Hennessy, PhD
8:45 AMThe Many Faces of Stigma: Impact on Substance Abuse Prevention
Deborah M. Galvin, PhD, Robert Denniston, Director, Heather Roberts
9:00 AMThe Stigma Process: Reconceiving the Definition of Stigma
Bruce G. Link, PhD, Jo C. Phelan, PhD
9:15 AMIssues Confronting Victims of Mentally Ill Offenders: New Challenges and Opportunities
Marjorie A. Rock, Dr.PH, Marjorie A. Rock, Dr.PH, Gerald Landsberg, DSW
9:30 AMDually diagnosed and multiply stigmatized: Missing dimensions of stigma research
Gary Haugland, MA
9:45 AMThe Future of the Stigma of Mental Illness in the New Age of Genetics
Jo C. Phelan, PhD, Bruce G. Link, PhD, Marian Reiff, PhD, Rosangely Cruz-Rojas, MPH
Sponsor:Mental Health
Cosponsors:Disability Forum; Environment; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers; Social Work

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA