Actress Glenn Close visits IU to help unveil the new U Bring Change 2 Mind bus campaign
Indiana University Bloomington welcomed a special visitor Tuesday when acclaimed actress Glenn Close stopped by campus to unveil the new U Bring Change 2 Mind College Toolbox Project bus campaign. The lime-green bus features the U Bring Change 2 Mind logo along with a scenario about the effects of stigmatizing someone dealing with a mental […]
Student volunteers drive campaign against mental illness stigma
Guest post by Steve Hinnefeld, who normally writes at the Policy Briefings blog: The U Bring Change 2 Mind initiative to combat the stigma associated with mental illness is backed by serious star power in the person of award-winning actress Glenn Close. But the project has something else that may be even more essential to […]
IU sociologist appointed to National Academy of Sciences committee
Post by IU Communications colleague Milana Katic: As we all learned from the shocking death of Robin Williams last summer, mental health disorders are often hidden in plain sight. According to the World Health Organization, depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reports that only 39 percent […]
Everyone wants to matter: Insights into school shootings
Bernice Pescosolido, a highly regarded medical sociologist at Indiana University Bloomington, talks in this TEDxBloomington presentation about some surprising discoveries about the lives of some of the teens who committed murder during school rampages.
A new approach – “Schizo: the Movie”
A few years ago, research by noted Indiana University sociologist Bernice Pescosolido found that Americans who struggled with mental illness still encountered stigmatization that could make their lives even more challenging – despite concerted efforts and public health messages to reverse this. “Prejudice and discrimination in the U.S. aren’t moving,” she said in 2010. “In […]
