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Elmer L. Struening

Researcher at Columbia University

Publications -  63
Citations -  10163

Elmer L. Struening is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Mental illness. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 63 publications receiving 9689 citations. Previous affiliations of Elmer L. Struening include University of York & Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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A modified labeling theory approach to mental disorders : an empirical assessment

TL;DR: In this paper, a modified labeling perspective is proposed, which claims that even if labeling does not directly produce mental disorder, it can lead to negative outcomes, such as negative consequences for social support networks, jobs, and self-esteem.
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On stigma and its consequences: evidence from a longitudinal study of men with dual diagnoses of mental illness and substance abuse.

TL;DR: This finding indicates that stigma continues to complicate the lives of the stigmatized even as treatment improves their symptoms and functioning, and it follows that if health professionals want to maximize the well-being of the people they treat, they must address stigma as a separate and important factor in its own right.
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Stigma as a Barrier to Recovery: The Consequences of Stigma for the Self-Esteem of People With Mental Illnesses

TL;DR: Self-esteem and two aspects of stigma, namely, perceptions of devaluation-discrimination and social withdrawal because of perceived rejection, were assessed among 70 members of a clubhouse program for people with mental illness at baseline and at follow-up six and 24 months later.
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Comorbidity, Impairment, and Suicidality in Subthreshold PTSD

TL;DR: Higher numbers of subthreshold PTSD symptoms were associated with greater impairment, comorbidity, and suicidal ideation, and more efforts are needed to identify subth threshold PTSD symptoms in clinical populations, epidemiologic surveys, and treatment studies.
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Stigma as a barrier to recovery: Adverse effects of perceived stigma on social adaptation of persons diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder.

TL;DR: Concerns about the stigma associated with mental illness reported by patients during an acute phase of bipolar illness predicted poorer social adjustment seven months later with individuals outside the patient's family.