Stigma and Health Disparities Program
Overview
This program is concerned with mental illness stigma and discrimination and mental health disparities. It supports research to understand better the processes underlying stigma and discrimination; to develop effective strategies and approaches for reducing stigma and discrimination; and to examine media influences on attitudes about mental illness and its treatment. In the area of health disparities, the program supports research to examine the influence of social, cultural, and environmental factors on diagnosis, help-seeking decisions and preferences, and the helping relationship. It also supports examinations of the mechanisms through which social, cultural, interpersonal, and environmental factors affect disparities in risk for and course of mental disorders.
Contact
Emeline M. Otey, Ph.D.
Program Chief
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 6227, MSC 9615
301-443-9284, eotey@mail.nih.gov
