OTTO WAHL'S HOME PAGE

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I am a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology at University of Hartford.   My major areas of research interest are in public perceptions of mental illnesses, mental illness stigma, and mass media depictions of mental illnesses. For further information on my background and work, use the links below.

• If you would like to go on to the Resource Guide for Fighting Discrimination and Stigma that I have put together, click HERE

• For information about my professional background, click here: EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• I have published numerous research articles related to the above topics as well as public education articles in newsletters of mental health organizations. For a listing of these articles, click here: PUBLISHED ARTICLES.

• For information about some of my most recent research, including research in progress and research being carried out by doctoral students under my supervision, click here:  RECENT AND ONGOING RESEARCH

• I also have published two books, "MEDIA MADNESS: PUBLIC IMAGES OF MENTAL ILLNESS," which describes and discusses the stigmatizing ways mass media present mental illnesses, and "TELLING IS RISKY BUSINESS: MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMERS CONFRONT STIGMA," which describes what people with mental illnesses told us about their personal experiences of stigma and discrimination.  Further information about these books can be found through the title links above.

• In addition, I have given many talks the above topics to mental health advocacy groups around the country and have made appearances on radio and television programs discussing these issues.  For a listing of some of the talks and workshops I have given, click here: TALKS AND WORKSHOPS

• I also work/consult  with a number of different mental health advocacy groups to improve public understanding of mental illnesses, including the National Mental Health Association, NAMI (the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill), and the Carter Center Mental Health Program.  For more information about that work and those organizations, click here: CONSULTATION

• I have taught a variety of clinically-related courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels.  For information on the courses I have taught, including sample syllabi for those courses, click here: TEACHING

• Finally, I have been fortunate enough to have my work recognized with a number of honors and awards.  Information about those can be obtained by clicking here: HONORS AND AWARDS

Otto Wahl, Ph.D
Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT  06117
(860) 768-5385
owahl@hartford.edu