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Skrine Jeffers K, Mango JD, Tang L, Saks ER, Wells KB, Chung B. Impact of Opera on Mental Health Stigma: Pilot of Provider/Community Workshop. Community Ment Health J 2022; 58:992-999. [PMID: 34851491 PMCID: PMC9187532 DOI: 10.1007/s10597-021-00908-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Arts can influence mental health stigma, but little is known about impact of operas. We examined effects of a two-opera workshop on complicated grief and schizophrenia. METHODS Pre-post audience surveys with post-workshop discussion. The primary outcome was a 4-item measure of willingness to engage with persons with grief or schizophrenia. Secondary outcomes were perceptions of art affecting stigma and stigma mediators. Of 47 participants, 33 had pre-post surveys for both operas. RESULTS There was a significant pre-post opera increase in audience willingness to engage with persons with grief or schizophrenia (p < .001). Perceptions of impact on mediators such as empathy, were significantly greater for the opera on schizophrenia relative to grief (p < .001).. CONCLUSION The pre- to post increase in audience willingness to engage with affected persons (primary) with greater impact on secondary mediators for the schizophrenia opera and post-discussion suggest that operas may be a forum for addressing mental health stigma and promoting empathy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kia Skrine Jeffers
- UCLA School of Nursing, 700 Tiverton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
- Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- HEArts Program, Center for Health Services and Society, UCLA Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Center for Health Services and Society, UCLA Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Lingqi Tang
- Center for Health Services and Society, UCLA Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Elyn R Saks
- Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, USC Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy and Ethics, USC Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Kenneth B Wells
- HEArts Program, Center for Health Services and Society, UCLA Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Center for Health Services and Society, UCLA Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Greater Los Angeles Veterans Administration Health System, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Center for Health Services and Society, UCLA Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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