The Handbook of Mental Health Communication

MARCO C. YZER is Professor of Health Communication at the University of Minnesota’s Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication. His research focuses on how cognitive characteristics of mental illnesses explain how people process messages that promote mental health. He serves on the editorial boards of Health Communication, Psychology, Health and Medicine, and Stigma and Health.

JASON T. SIEGEL is a Professor of Social Psychology at Claremont Graduate University. His research focuses on applying persuasion, motivation, and emotion theories to create, implement, and evaluate messages that encourage help-seeking behaviors among individuals with depression and enhance the social support they receive. He has served on the editorial boards of several academic journals, including Health Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Stigma and Health, and Health Communication.