Date

5-22-2024

Department

School of Behavioral Sciences

Degree

Doctor of Education in Community Care and Counseling (EdD)

Chair

Mollie Boyd

Keywords

integrated care, collaborative care, stigma, mental health treatment, primary care

Disciplines

Counseling

Abstract

This study was designed to contribute to the literature on self-stigma as it relates to mental health. Specifically, it was designed to explore whether those who received a certain type of care in the primary care setting (i.e., Collaborative Care [CoCM]) experienced self-stigma differently than those who received mental health care in more traditional settings or no care at all. It was hypothesized that those who received CoCM would experience lower rates of self-stigma. Participants for the study were drawn from a purposive sample of adult primary care patients with depression from a large health system located in upstate South Carolina. A total of 58 individuals participated in the study. Differences in results were not statistically significant. The lack of any statistically significant difference in self-stigma scores between the two groups, despite participation in CoCM, supports that interventions focused only on care integration may not be sufficient to overcome the barrier of self-stigma.

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