University-Wide Approach to Changing Campus Cultures of Mental Illness Stigma

Kathleen M. Brennan, Ph.D. is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Sociology Program at Western Carolina University, USA. For more than a decade, she has used quantitative methodologies to collaboratively examine mental illness stigma in the context of higher education. She has co-presented these research findings to professional audiences and co-authored papers in higher education, health, and other disciplinary publications. Additionally, she regularly teaches about and provides consultation on the sociology of mental health and illness on campus and in the regional community.Kimberly Gorman, Ph.D. is Associate Vice Chancellor for Health & Wellness in the Student Affairs Division at Western Carolina University, USA. Dr. Gorman’s primary research interests are related to collegiate mental health and mental illness stigma in the college population. She has co-authored several papers about the impacts of mental illness and its related stigma in college students. She is a licensed psychologist who has worked in the higher education setting for more than two decades. She has served on the governing board of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors and on the advisory board for the Center for Collegiate Mental Health.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. University Cultures of Mental Illness Stigma.- 3. Understanding and Addressing Intersectional Stigma on College Campuses.- 4. Risks and Rewards: A Black Scholar’s Efforts to Fight Stigma Through Disclosure.- 5. Reducing Mental Illness Stigma in the Academy: The Role of Graduate Students and Faculty.- 6. Mental Health Graduate Programs and the Perpetuation of Stigma.- 7. Collegiate Student-Athlete Mental Health Concerns and Related Support Systems.- 8. Campus-Based Mental Health Services: An Exploration of Students’ Relative Use of and Peer Supporters’ Perceptions of Service Delivery Options.- 9. Self-Stigma and Strategic Disclosure among Postsecondary Students: Honest, Open, Proud on University Campuses.- 10. U Bring Change 2 Mind IU.- 11. Using Marketing to Impact Mental Illness Stigma on University Campuses.- 12. When Stigma, Policy, Practice, and Law Collide: Leveraging the ADA for Student Advocacy.- 13.Summary and Conclusion.