Stigma: ignorance, prejudice or discrimination?

The term stigma refers to problems of knowledge (ignorance), attitudes (prejudice) and behaviour (discrimination). Most research in this area has been based on attitude surveys, media representations of mental illness and violence, has only focused upon schizophrenia, has excluded direct participati...

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Published inBritish journal of psychiatry Vol. 190; no. 3; pp. 192 - 193
Main Authors Thornicroft, Graham, Rose, Diana, Kassam, Aliya, Sartorius, Norman
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.03.2007
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Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-US
Attitude surveys
Attitudes
Behavior change
Disability discrimination
Discrimination
Editorials
Human rights
Humans
Ignorance
Intervention
Knowledge
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental health care
Minority & ethnic groups
Physiology
Prejudice
Psychiatry
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenic Psychology
Stereotyping
Stigma
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United States > US
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Summary:The term stigma refers to problems of knowledge (ignorance), attitudes (prejudice) and behaviour (discrimination). Most research in this area has been based on attitude surveys, media representations of mental illness and violence, has only focused upon schizophrenia, has excluded direct participation by service users, and has included few intervention studies. However, there is evidence that interventions to improve public knowledge about mental illness can be effective. The main challenge in future is to identify which interventions will produce behaviour change to reduce discrimination against people with mental illness.
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ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.106.025791