Stigma: ignorance, prejudice or discrimination?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Stigma: ignorance, prejudice or discrimination?

AU - Thornicroft, G

AU - Rose, D

AU - Kassam, A

AU - Sartorius, N

PY - 2007/3

Y1 - 2007/3

N2 - 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

AB - 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

U2 - 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.025791

DO - 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.025791

M3 - Editorial

SN - 1472-1465

VL - 190

SP - 192

EP - 193

JO - British Journal of Psychiatry

JF - British Journal of Psychiatry

IS - MAR.

ER -