Stigma powerfully and adversely affects individuals, families, communities, and society, and exists across all countries and cultures. A recent global survey of people with mental health conditions across 45 countries found that 80 percent agreed that stigma and discrimination can be worse than the impact of the mental health condition itself. Stigma is a discrediting attribute that creates a belief that labeled people are fundamentally different...
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Reduction of Mental Health Related Stigma and Discrimination : Global Overview
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Dutta, Sheila; Mandeville, Kate; Thornicroft, Graham; Baker, Sue; Gronholm, Petra C.; Henderson, Claire; Han, Ahram; Yang, Su Jin; Kwack, Young Sook.
Reduction of Mental Health Related Stigma and Discrimination : Global Overview (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099112424194025105