Background: There is a wide range of literature on stigmatization and discrimination of
people with mental illness. Most studies, however, derive from Western countries. This …

Aims. While quite a number of theories and hypotheses about gender differences in public
beliefs and attitudes about mental illness have been proposed, the empirical evidence …

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 …

OBJETIVO: Apresentar os principais aspectos da reforma psiquiátrica ocorrida em diversos
países e no Brasil, destacar a política de reinserção social dos pacientes e descrever os …

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore health care providers' attitudes towards
people with mental illness within two districts in Zambia. It sought to document types of …

This editorial gives an overview of the different roots and forms of discrimination and
stigmatisation towards people with mental illness. It explains the differences between …

Background: In developing countries like India, there are evidences that stigma associated
with mental illness is increasing. As in parts of the developing world, with advancement of …

Psychiatry is a rather quite young medical discipline, psychiatry evolved into its present form
at the beginning of the nineteenth century (1). From its beginning there has been a …

Contact with people with mental illness is considered to be a promising strategy to change
stigmatizing attitudes. This study examines the underlying mechanisms of the association …

Social psychiatry started over a century ago under the auspices of mental and racial
hygiene, but after World War II it embraced concepts of community-based care and de …