Media Driven Stereotypes in Mental Health

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

LIVE WEBINAR

Presenter: Aynisa Leonardo, LCAT, ATR-BC

NASW Members: Free | Non-Members: $20

This workshop is approved for 1.0 continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists

  Workshop Name:

Date: Thursday, August 8, 2019
Presenter: Aynisa Leonardo, LCAT, ATR-BC
NASW Member Fee: Free
Non-Member Fee: $20
Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm
 

Workshop Description
The media often displays mental illness in a negative way, reinforcing stigma, and creating social divides. In turn, this discourages people from getting the help they need, promotes discrimination, limits opportunity, breeds misunderstanding, and damages self-image for those who struggle with mental health issues. The media has a tendency to sensationalize for the purpose of entertainment. Certain sub-groups in particular are often depicted in an overly dramatized and unrealistic way, such as individuals with mental illness, members of the LGBTQ population, Veterans, ethnic minorities, and individuals with Addiction. This workshop will cover examples of how these (and other) sub-groups are misrepresented, and how this may affect people from these respective sub-groups. Misconceptions based on media portrayals specifically regarding Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, PTSD, and Depression will be outlined, with examples from film and television. Speaker will cover areas for improvement, that can help to reduce stigma and misunderstanding in the public eye. Derogatory language that is reinforced in the media will be discussed. Workshop will cover a cultural review of film, television, and news stories across eras spanning from the 1950’s to today. Speaker will define stigma, stereotype, discrimination, and disability. Workshop will outline 7 ways to reduce mental health stigma, including: open communication, education, language, equality, empathy, advocacy, and awareness.  

Learning Objectives:

After the completion of this webinar, participants will:

• Participants will be able to define stigma, stereotype, and discrimination.
• Participants will be able to describe cultural examples of stigmatization, from the media, film and/or television.
• Participants will be able to identify specific ways that the media portrays inaccurate depictions of mental health.
• Participants will be able to define at least 3 specific ways to reduce mental health stigma.

This workshop is approved for 1.0 continuing education credit hours.

NASW-NYS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), and licensed marriage and family therapists. (Provider ID #MFT-0037)

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Presenter:

Aynisa Leonardo is a Licensed Clinical Art Therapist (LCAT, ATR-BC), who has been in the field of mental health services for 12 years. She is the Director of Military Services at Long Island Center for Recovery. Her prior experience includes working in inpatient, outpatient, and non-profit settings with clients experiencing posttraumatic stress, addiction, family conflict, and other mental health challenges. She has concentrated on advanced program development and clinical education, locally and nationally. She continues to provide evidence-based and interactive style presentations to hospitals, non-profits, and corporate agencies, in an effort to raise awareness of current trends and improve competency within the healthcare community.