Stigma in different cultures

TY - CHAP

T1 - Stigma in different cultures

AU - Koschorke, Mirja

AU - Evans-Lacko, Sara

AU - Sartorius, Norman

AU - Thornicroft, Graham

PY - 2016/8/11

Y1 - 2016/8/11

N2 - Most stigma research to date has considered the stigma of mental illness to be a universal occurrence, but one that presents with different manifestations in different contexts. Yang et al., for example, observe that ‘stigma appears to be a universal phenomenon, a shared existential experience’ (Yang et al. 2007) (p. 1528). In a review of the global evidence on stigma and discrimination, Thornicroft concludes that ‘there is no known country, society or culture where people with mental illness (diagnosed or recognised as such by the community) are considered to have the same value or be as acceptable as persons who do not have mental illness’(Thornicroft 2006).

AB - Most stigma research to date has considered the stigma of mental illness to be a universal occurrence, but one that presents with different manifestations in different contexts. Yang et al., for example, observe that ‘stigma appears to be a universal phenomenon, a shared existential experience’ (Yang et al. 2007) (p. 1528). In a review of the global evidence on stigma and discrimination, Thornicroft concludes that ‘there is no known country, society or culture where people with mental illness (diagnosed or recognised as such by the community) are considered to have the same value or be as acceptable as persons who do not have mental illness’(Thornicroft 2006).

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85017039330&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-27839-1_4

DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-27839-1_4

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85017039330

SN - 9783319278391

SN - 9783319278377

SP - 67

EP - 82

BT - The Stigma of Mental Illness - End of the Story?

PB - Springer International Publishing Switzerland

ER -