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such as "weird" or "not able to improve," they reveal their own prejudice and hinder recovery.
When mental health professionals refuse to provide interventions for caregivers of people with
schizophrenia because they "do not want the children of those people in my waiting room,"
they discriminate. Perhaps research is needed to better understand stigma in terms of social
justice in order to create more effective anti-stigma programs, even within mental health
training programs.
This research contains some important limitations beginning with the relatively small
sample of LPCs. Although a strong research design was utilized, the response rate was only
11.1%. LPCs who decided to respond might be those who had more interest in serious mental
illness. Those LPCs who were not interested in serious mental illness might have been less
likely to take the survey, thus skewing the results toward positive scores.
Because LPCs are already providing interventions for this population and report strong
interest in providing care to this population and their caregivers, LPCs need to seek
collaborative research and clinical efforts with other mental health professionals. Professional
counselors working with psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, and social workers may
be able to improve availability and quality of care for people with schizophrenia and other SMI.
Future researchers need to explore the effectiveness of preparing counseling students
to work with people with SMI and of interventions for decreasing stigma and increasing beliefs
and desire. Past research focused mainly on schizophrenia and depression. Research is needed
for other disorders such as bipolar disorder. Because different disorders have very different
levels of stigma associated with them, research of people with general mental illness does not20
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Hoy, Kathleen Elaine. Licensed Professional Counselors’ Attitudes Toward People with Schizophrenia: Predictors of Interest in Providing Interventions, dissertation, August 2012; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149610/m1/28/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .