Executive summary It is time to end all forms of stigma and discrimination against people
with mental health conditions, for whom there is double jeopardy: the impact of the primary …

On Jan 21, 2009, the largest ever programme in England to reduce stigma and
discrimination against people with mental health disorders was launched, called Time to …

Stigma and discrimination in relation to mental illnesses have been described as having
worse consequences than the conditions themselves. Most medical literature in this area of …

Comment www. thelancet. com Vol 370 September 8, 2007 811 against people with mental
illness) rather than generic approaches to change people's attitudes. Stigma attached to …

World Psychiatric Association office of the President, Département de Psychiatrie, Hôpitaux
Universitaires de Genève, 16–18 Boulevard de St Georges, 1205 Genève, Switzerland (Prof …

The term stigma conventionally refers to any attribute, trait, or disorder that marks an
individual as being unacceptably different from the “normal” people with whom he or she …

The stress associated with stigma can be particularly difficult for those with disease-
associated stigma. Not only are they at risk to develop other stress-related illnesses, but the …

This Review considers the evidence for mental-health-related stigma in health-care and
mental-health-care settings. Do mental-health-care and other health-care professionals …

Background Understanding trends and effective mechanisms that are likely to reduce public
stigma and discrimination towards people with mental illness is important. We aimed to …

The stigma of many diseases and disorders prevalent in the world today is cause for
increasing public health concern, raising the question of whether new research is necessary …