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What Has Proven Effective in Anti-Stigma Programming

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There is increasing recognition that mental health-related stigma is a major public health problem that conveys a hidden burden of suffering on people who have a mental illness and their family members. In response, the number of countries and regions initiating anti-stigma programs is growing and, as international interest in anti-stigma programs has increased, so has the discourse surrounding what works, what does not, and why (Stuart et al. 2012). This chapter will provide a commentary on methods that have been shown to be effective and, in so doing, will selectively highlight some of the most promising practices in the field at macro (structural), meso (public), and micro (individual) levels.

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    Wolfgang Gaebel

  2. Psychiatric University Hospital University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Wulf Rössler

  3. Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Geneva, Switzerland

    Norman Sartorius

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Stuart, H. (2017). What Has Proven Effective in Anti-Stigma Programming. In: Gaebel, W., Rössler, W., Sartorius, N. (eds) The Stigma of Mental Illness - End of the Story?. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27839-1_27

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