181101 SANEUpdate mb 1-0 · Two of our SANE Peer Ambassadors were featured across two separate episodes: Suicide Attempt Survivors and Schizophrenia The episodes received a lot of

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Reducing Stigma and Discrimination Towards People Living With Complex Mental Illness: The SANE Australia Experience

Update to Global Anti Stigma Alliance

Dr Michelle Blanchard@MischaBee@SANEAustralia

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About UsSANE Australia is a national mental health charity working to support four million Australians affected by complex mental illness including schizophrenia, bipolar, personality disorders, OCD, PTSD and severe depression and anxiety.

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OUR 3-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN

3 millionpeople

Capable and Sustainable

Expert and Influential

Known and Respected

Better

Support

Promoting the wellbeing of people affected by complex mental illness

An Australia where

everyone affected by mental

illness lives a long and fulfilling life

Stronger

Connections

Less

Discrimination

Longer

Lives

1. ESTABLISHED THE ANNE DEVESON

RESEARCH CENTRE

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Undertake – and prosecute – research that will lead to Australians affected by complex mental illness enjoying the best social outcomes in the world.

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Uphold the unique contribution that people with lived experience can make to understanding how best to meet their needs.

Conduct outstanding multi-disciplinary translational research which focuses on the social impacts of complex mental illness.

Be the catalyst for new mental health policies that change the lives of people affected by complex mental illness.

Aims

2. SECURED FUNDING FOR

NATIONAL STIGMA REPORT CARD

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Survey delivered online, in person or over the phone by June 2019

7000 participants to be recruited nationally

Convenings

National Stigma Report Card in Partnership with Paul Ramsay Foundation

Online data hub to inform policy

Coalition of mental health organisations to take findings forward

3. CONSOLIDATED STIGMAWATCH

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StigmaWatch in numbers: 2018 (Oct 2018)

207 StigmaWatch

Reports (Oct 2018)

5,344 StigmaWatchSubscribers

(Oct 2018)

32% Of reports

had a positive outcome compared

to 25% in 2017(Oct 2018) 20%

Of reportsWere not in breach of Mindframe Guidelines compared to 23% in

2017(Oct 2018)

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Media and community feedback“Many thanks for your email – I will make those changes. You provide an invaluable service.” Nathan, Editor - The Daily Observer.

“I have proceeded as per your recommendations and edited this article. We are committed to reporting in line with the Mindframe Guidelines and apologise for the oversight on this occasion.” Patrick, Editor – The New Daily

“Thank you for alerting us to the issues in this article and reminding us of our responsibilities when reporting on mental illness and suicide. We’ve taken down the story and are sending an editorial-wide communication around the guidelines for suicide coverage.” Copy Director – WHO Magazine

“Thank you for all the good work you do in providing information to people with mental illness. The StigmaWatch program plays an important part in making sure the media report correct information about mental illness.”- Community member

4. EMBARKED ON BETTER OFF WITH YOU

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Joiner’s interpersonal theory of suicide

5. SUPPORTED YOU CAN’T ASK THAT

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ABC: You Can’t Ask That

Hannah Hyatt – SANE Ambassador ‘You Can’t Ask That’ – July 2018

Steph Leary – SANE Ambassador ‘You Can’t Ask That’ – May 2017

We worked closely with the ABC team on their series ‘You Can’t Ask That’

Two of our SANE Peer Ambassadors were featured across two separate episodes: Suicide Attempt Survivors and Schizophrenia

The episodes received a lot of positive feedback from those in the sector, the public and from those with lived experience

6. PROVOKED DISCUSSION ON HOW

“MAD” ARE YOU?

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SBS: How ‘Mad’ Are You?

We were engaged by Blackfella Films to serve in an advisory role, providing support with casting and making recommendations around the content during the preview stages

The two-part series which aired during Mental Health Week, aims to breakdown stigma and challenge assumptions about what it means to have a mental illness

SANE Peer Ambassador, Cameron, was chosen as a participant. Cameron has a lived experience of Schizophrenia

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7. MERGED WITH THE DAX CENTRE

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The Dax Centre

Merged with the Dax Centre which houses a collection of 15,000 works by people with mental illness

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Thank you