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Item Dis-ease and Disease: In Reply(American Psychiatric Association, 2014-05-01) Schiffman, Jason; Dixon, Lisa B.Item Educational Toolkit: Learning Activities to Better understand and assist individuals living with mental illness(2021) Fanning, JulieDeveloped as part of the capstone requirements of the Doctor of Social Work Degree at Capella University. Capstone Title: Using Social Work Students' Perceptions to impact individuals living with mental illness. This educational toolkit is designed for social work educators, social work students, counseling, and other health care students. The toolkit may also be helpful for mental health and physical health workers and the general community.Item Exposure: Confronting Anxiety(2021-06-08) Brandt, Amanda; MFA in Creative NonfictionAnxiety disorders, like many invisible illnesses, can ravage the internal lives of people who seem “normal,” who appear to function well in their lives and in society. In “Exposure: Confronting Anxiety,” Amanda G. Brandt dives beneath the surface of normal to explore what it means to have a life ruled by anxiety in a society that measures success in wins and the appearance of perfection. Through conversations with anxiety sufferers and mental health professionals, Brandt explores the roles of the individual, therapists, and society in understanding anxiety and what it means to be normal. In her own quest to free herself from the restrictions of anxiety, Brandt undertakes a series of exposures. Perhaps confronting her anxieties can reshape her relationships with her brain and with the world around her.Item Mental Illness in the Media: A Comprehensive Analysis(2017-04) Del Nunzio, Justine O.; Moore, Laura; Hood College Sociology and Social Work; Hood College Departmental HonorsThis research provides a comprehensive review of approximately 150 journal articles analyzing how mental illness is portrayed in the media, as well as the effects these representations have on the public’s attitudes, persons with mental illness themselves, and social policy. In addition, the websites of 43 prominent mental health organizations in the United States were analyzed to explore their involvement in addressing the portrayals of mental illness in the media. Prior research suggests that mental illness portrayals in the media are disproportionately negative, promote inaccurate images and stereotypes, create negative public attitudes toward individuals with mental illness, have adverse effects on persons with mental illness themselves, and influence relevant social policy. Both the literature review and website analysis suggest that the United States is lagging behind other countries in addressing negative media portrayals of mental illness and their consequences.Item New Maryland Duals with Mental Health Conditions: Prior Medicare and Medicaid Resource Use(2008) Stockwell, Ian; Tripp, AaronHilltop staff made several presentations at the 2015 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) held June 13 through June 15 in Minneapolis. Executive Director Cynthia H. Woodcock, MBA, presented this poster for Director of Special Studies Ian Stockwell, PhD, at an ARM poster session on June 14. This poster shows that mental illnesses are both a cause for becoming dually eligible (eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid) and a factor contributing to the complexity of managing the care for individuals with multiple chronic conditions and associated functional impairments.