To facilitate mental health treatment, future
nursing research should include developing and
evaluating theory-based interventions to reduce
stigma both on the micro and macro level.
Implementation can occur by targeting groups that
hold influence over people with mental disorders
(e.g., teachers, policymakers, employers, landlords,
health care providers, media) and tailoring inter-
ventions to these groups (Corrigan, 2004b). Testing
the effectiveness of theory-based interventions for
these targeted groups is helpful to program
evaluation, replication, and dispersion of the
intervention effect.