An increasing number of scholarly works have attempted to understand the reasons for poor
rates of help-seeking for symptoms of mental health disorders all around the world. One …

Background Mental health literacy has received increasing attention as a useful strategy to
promote early identification of mental disorders, reduce stigma and enhance help-seeking …

Mental health stigma operates in society, is internalized by individuals, and is attributed by
health professionals. This ethics-laden issue acts as a barrier to individuals who may seek …

Resources for mental health include policy and infrastructure within countries, mental health
services, community resources, human resources, and funding. We discuss here the general …

Objective: To provide a review of population‐based attitude research in psychiatry during
the past 15 years. Method: An electronic search using PubMed, Medline, and Academic …

This report reviews the evidence for the types of human rights violations experienced by
people with mental and psychosocial disabilities in low-income and middle-income …

Mental illness remains a pervasive social issue that aff ects the well-being of millions of
individuals globally. Despite the overall prevalence of mental illness, increasing numbers of …

Objective: Many anti‐stigma programmes use the 'mental illness is an illness like any
other'approach. This review evaluates the effectiveness of this approach in relation to …

In 2009 the WPA President established a Task Force that was to examine available
evidence about the stigmatization of psychiatry and psychiatrists and to make …

Background The integration of maternal mental health into primary health care has been
advocated to reduce the mental health treatment gap in low-and middle-income countries …