Stigma and discrimination related to mental health conditions are widespread and harmful. Reducing stigma and discrimination can benefit families, societies and economies – it can save lives. The toolkit offers practical guidance on how to achieve this, based on three core evidence-based principle...s: leadership or co-leadership by people with lived experience, social contact, and inclusive partnerships. These 3 principles can be realized using a four-step process: identify and define aims, plan and prepare, launch and learn and reflect and proceed. Twelve case studies from all across the world are provided to demystify the process. Stigma and discrimination can be ended if each of us acts as one using the principles in this toolkit.
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BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:191 https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-14-191
Human Rights Fact Sheet Series
Discrimination and stigma occur when people are treated unfairly because they are seen as being different from others. This interview asks about how you’ve been affected by discrimination and stigma because of mental health problems.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/47460246_Mental_illness-stigma_and_discrimination_in_Zambia
People with mental health conditions are challenged in
dealing with the symptoms that result from the condition
but are also challenged by the prejudice and stereotypes
that result from misconception and misunderstanding about
mental health.
But what is mental health stigma and why is it a cent...ral
experience for people who have mental health conditions
and their family members?
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