{"id":2553,"date":"2021-06-01T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=2553"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:31:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:31:51","slug":"structural-stigma-brochure","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/structural-stigma-brochure\/","title":{"rendered":"Structural Stigma Brochure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Structural Stigma prevents persons living with mental health problems and illnesses and\/or lived and living experience of substance use from receiving accessible, person-centred, high-quality health care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stigma is a key barrier to prevention, treatment, and recovery for people with lived and living experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>STIGMA\u2019S multiple levels<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Individual: <\/strong>Includes shame, fear of seeking help, and feeling less worthy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Interpersonal:<\/strong> Endorsing negative stereotypes or prejudicial ideas, and speaking or acting in discriminatory ways.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Structural:<\/strong> Located in formal and informal rules, policies, procedures, laws and cultural norms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Intersectional:<\/strong> The many ways stigma related to mental illness and substance use intersects with other forms of oppression (e.g., racism, transphobia, and colonization).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>STRUCTURAL STIGMA in health care<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Structural Stigma refers to the accumulated activities in health-care organizations that deliberately or inadvertently create and maintain social inequities for persons who are living with mental health problems and illnesses and\/or lived and living experience of substance use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SOLUTIONS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing structural stigma in health-care settings requires a combination of approaches, such as<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>enhancing the meaningful involvement of people with lived and living experience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>building a supportive and stigma-free workplace culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>adopting integrated, recovery oriented, holistic, accessible, client-centred models of care<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>distributing resources for mental health and substance use care on par with physical health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>establishing mechanisms to monitor structural stigma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mental Health Commission of Canada assists in developing, implementing, and evaluating initiatives to reduce structural stigma within health-care organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Structural Stigma prevents persons living with mental health problems and illnesses and\/or lived and living experience of substance use from receiving accessible, person-centred, high-quality health care. 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