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KMID : 0897520150200010008
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Journal of Korean Association of Social Psychiatry
2015 Volume.20 No. 1 p.8 ~ p.14
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Effectiveness of Human Rights Education Given by Lecturers having Mental Disorders
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Ahn Ji-Yun
Ha Ju-Won
Yun Mi-Kyung
Kim Jung-Jin
Choi Won-Hwa
Kim Hyun-Soo
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Abstract
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Objective : Human rights education is important for the patients with mental disorders to protect themselves against discrimination and to overcome their stigmas. This study investigated the effectiveness of educating people with mental disorders about human rights, when it was given by the ones having mental disorder as well.
Methods : Forty volunteers with chronic mental illnesses, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder who were registered in mental health centers in Gyeonggi-do were recruited. They received lecturer training program of human rights by trained instructors who conducted a total of 10 sessions over a period of 10 weeks with 1-week intervals called ‘Human Rights 100℃’. After the training, people with mental illnesses could educate other people about human rights. We administered self-reported questionnaire, which included Acceptance of Disability scale Revise (AD-R), Empowerment scale, and a Korean version of Mental Health Recovery Measure (MHRM-K) before and after the human rights education. Scale change before and after program is analyzed by paired t test. And repeated measured ANOVA was used to analyze the factors affecting the changes after the program.
Results : The program ‘Human Rights 100℃’ was effective in improving Empowerment scale (from 51.3±11.8 to 52.9±12.5, Cohen’s d -0.13, effect-size r -0.066) and MHRM-K (from 79.3±12.9 to 81.6±12.5, Cohen’s d -0.18, effect-size r -0.090).
Conclusion : It was effective that people with mental illness were trained as lectures for human rights education for empowerment and acceptance of disability. ‘Human Rights 100℃’ training program was newer and effective alternative in vocational rehabilitation in psychiatry.
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KEYWORD
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Human rights, Mental disorders, Vocational rehabilitation
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