Podcast appearances and mentions of Bernice A Pescosolido

Dr. Bernice A. Pescosolido is distinguished professor of Sociology at Indiana University and director of the Indiana Consortium for Mental Health Services Research. Pescosolido's research agenda addresses how social networks connect individuals to their communities and to institutional structures, providing the "wires" through which peoples attitudes and actions are influenced. This agenda encompasses three basic areas: health care services, stigma, and suicide research. You can learn more about her research here and follow her on twitter here.In this episode we discuss how stigma contributes to the rejection of people with mental health issues in society, workplaces, healthcare, and interpersonal relationships. Increasing society's mental health literacy does not necessarily reduce stigma toward mental illness as this stigma is often rooted in fear produced by incorrect stereotypes of dangerousness. While  stigma toward depression is reducing, it may in fact be getting worse toward people with schizophrenia. Dr. Pescosolido talks about the importance of seeing persons' full humanity, putting more resources into mental health, and the need for inclusion. Recognizing and celebrating our connectedness and what each person has to contribute  will help us to find a place for everyone.Episode hosted by Dr. Carmen Logie. Supported by funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and Canada Research Chairs program. Original music and podcast produced by Jupiter Productions, who have various production services available to support your podcast needs.

From Stigma to Inclusion Bernice A. Pescosolido is distinguished professor of Sociology at Indiana University and director of the Indiana Consortium for Mental Health Services Research. Professor Pescosolido received a B.A. from the University of Rhode Island in 1974 and a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1982. She has focused her research and teaching on social issues in health, illness, and healing. Pescosolidos research agenda addresses how social networks connect individuals to their communities and to institutional structures, providing the "wires" through which peoples attitudes and actions are influenced. This agenda encompasses three basic areas: health care services, stigma, and suicide research. In the early 1990s, Pescosolido developed the Network-Episode Model which was designed to focus on how individuals come to recognize, respond to the onset of health problems, and use health care services. Specifically, it has provided new insights to understanding the patterns and pathways to care, adherence to treatment and the outcomes of health care. As a result, she has served on advisory agenda-setting efforts at the NIMH, NCI, NHLBI, NIDRR, OBSSR and presented at congressional briefings.

Í fyrsta hlaðvarpi ársins 2019 ræðir Sigrún við Bernice A. Pescosolido, prófessor í félagsfræði við Indiana háskólann í Bandaríkjunum. Bernice er einn þekktasti heilsufélagsfræðingur Bandaríkjanna og hefur í rannsóknum sínum beint sjónum að fordómum gagnvart einstaklingum sem eiga við geðræn vandamál að stríða og skoðað hvort og hvernig fólk notar geðheilbrigðisþjónustu. Hún hefur meðal annars verið í forsvari fyrir stóra alþjóðlega könnun á viðhorfum almennings til geðrænna vandamála. Ísland tók einmitt þátt í þeirri könnun og sýndu niðurstöðurnar að fordómar eru, í samanburði við 17 önnur lönd, einna minnstir hér á landi. Sigrún og Bernice hafa þekkst í langan tíma, en Bernice var aðalleiðbeinandi Sigrúnar í doktorsnáminu við Indiana. Í spjalli sínu ræða þær almennt um geðheilbrigðismál og félagsfræðilegar rannsóknir tengdar þeim, sem og vináttu Bernice við leikkonuna Glenn Close en hún er einmitt tilkomin út af sameiginlegri baráttu þeirra við að útrýma fordómum í samfélaginu. Stigma and mental health problems The first podcast of 2019 features Bernice A. Pescosolido, professor of Sociology at Indiana University. Bernice is one of the most prominent medical sociologists in the U.S. and, in her research, she has focused on stigma toward individuals experiencing mental illnesses and health service utilization. She is the principal investigator on the Stigma in Global Context – Mental Health Study, that focused on public attitudes toward mental health problems. Iceland participated in that study and the results showed that stigma of mental illness is lower in Iceland than most of the other 17 participating countries. Sigrun and Bernice have known each other for a long time, as Bernice was the chair of Sigrun´s dissertation at Indiana University. During the podcast, they discuss issues related to mental health and how sociology contributes to our understanding of them, as well as Bernice´s friendship with the actress Glenn Close, but their friendship was a result of a common commitment to reducing stigma in society.