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Annotated Bibliography

Larrison, C. R., & Schoppelrey, S. L. (2011, June). Therapist Effects on Disparities Experienced
by Minorities Receiving Services for Mental Illness. Retrieved September 25, 2018, from
https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731511410989

This article written by Larrison and Schoppelrey focuses on the impact that therapists
have on those with Mental Illness. Their research helped discover there were substantial therapist
effects that impacted the correlation between a client’s race and their treatment disparities.
Larrison and Schoppelrey collected data from 98 clients with 19% of them being minorities, and
14 therapists at two community mental health agencies where clients from racial and ethnic
minority groups were experiencing outcome disparities. They analyzed their data by separating
their research into 3 levels: 1, 2 and 3. Level 1 concentrated on treatment outcomes. Level 2 was
focused on client factors. Level 3 was focused on the therapists themselves. I know that this
article is a scholarly resource because it has been peer reviewed and contains credible sources.
This article will be useful for my research because it contains valuable research information that
I could use to validate my argument.

Alegria, M., Drake, R., Kang, H., & Liu, J. (2017, June). Simulations Test Impact Of Education,
Employment, And Income Improvements On Minority Patients With Mental Illness.
Retrieved September 25, 2018, from
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/pdf/10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0044
This article focused on how Social determinants of health, such as poverty and minority
background, severely disadvantage many people with mental disorders. These authors created
simulations that combined social services with mental health interventions to explore how
improvements in the Social determinants- education, employment, and income impacted those
with mental illness. These authors used data sets from the National Institute of Mental Health
and the Social Security Administration to view how individuals who suffer from anxiety, bipolar
or schizophrenia responded to those simulations. In the end, their simulations showed how by
increasing employment there was a significant improvement in mental health outcomes. I know
that this article is scholarly because it contains a lot of scientific research that has been proven to
be valid. I believe that this article would be a great source to use because they are advocating that
“health policy leaders, state and federal agencies, and insurers provide evidence-based services
as a standard treatment for people with mental disorders” and I am advocating for fairness within
the mentally ill community myself.

Knifton, L. (2012, September 01). Understanding and addressing the stigma of mental illness
with ethnic minority communities. Retrieved September 25, 2018, from
http://web.a.ebscohost.com.librarylink.uncc.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&sid=
5fe6db55-0e46-4e5b-92df-49698c1b06af@sdc-v-sessmgr04
This article focused on how higher income societies have moved from
institutional to community-based care for people experiencing mental illness. The stigma
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and discrimination that is associated with mental illness, therefore, the prevalence of
mental illness is higher amongst communities that face multiple prejudices and
disadvantages within society such as Black and minority ethnic communities who may
experience migration trauma, racism, and adverse social circumstances. These authors
conducted this study to examine beliefs, stigma and the effectiveness of existing national
mental health campaigns with Pakistani, Indian and Chinese heritage communities in
Scotland, UK, using community-based participatory research. I believe that this article is
scholarly because it has valid research and data. I am not certain that I would use this
article as a source as of yet because it was conducted in the UK and has a broad range of
subjects but I do find the study interesting so I might use it.

Foerschner, A. M. (2010) VOL.2 NO. 09. The History of Mental Illness: From Skull Drills to
Happy Pills. Retrieved September 25, 2018, from
http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1673/the-history-of-mental-illness-from-skull-
drills-to-happy-pills
This article talks about the beginnings of mental illness. It focuses on how ancient
civilizations viewed mental illness as a demonic possession and the methods that were
used to cure people of their illness. Trephining was a popular method used to get rid of an
individual’s mental illness, or so they thought. It was believed that if a huge hole was
drilled into your skull then the demons that lied within would fly free and return back to
hell. This article, in my opinion, is scholarly because it gives a historical background to
mental illness and really helped draw attention to the stigma that has been associated with
it for as long as people can remember. I would definitely use this article as a source
because I feel as though I can really bring in the pathos and create a descriptive image of
how painful and terrorizing it must have been back in the day if you had an illness. It
would also be a good source to use because it always helps to have a historical
background on your argument so that you can give your audience a little bit of insight on
why you may have that specific opinion on a topic.
Corrigan, P. W., Druss, B. G., & Perlick, D. A. (2014, September 03). The Impact of Mental
Illness Stigma on Seeking and Participating in Mental Health Care. Retrieved September
25, 2018, from https://doi.org/10.1177/1529100614531398
This article is focused on how people with mental illness are afraid to reach out
for help because they are afraid of being stigmatized. The authors focus on how these
complex elements impact how willing mentally ill individuals are in participating in care.
This leads to them becoming worse rather than getting better. Treatments have been
developed and tested to successfully reduce the symptoms and disabilities of many
mental illnesses. Unfortunately, people distressed by these illnesses often do not seek out
services or choose to fully engage in them. One factor that impedes care seeking and
undermines the service system is mental illness stigma. This stigma is detrimental
because it has so many factors that are involved in its complex system. It involves the
public, the self, and the structural components that make up a stigma. This article, in my
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opinion, is scholarly because it has facts to back itself up. I will definitely use this article
as a source because it digs deep into the aspect of why there are so many different
perspectives on mental illness and provides a deep analysis of how impactful our
thoughts and words can be when we are faced with something that we have no true idea
about.