Although the last decade has seen a proliferation of research on mental illness stigma, lack
of consistency and clarity in both the conceptualization and measurement of mental illness …

This Review considers the evidence for mental-health-related stigma in health-care and
mental-health-care settings. Do mental-health-care and other health-care professionals …

Public stigma robs people with mental illnesses from rightful opportunities related to work
and other important life goals. Advocates have developed anti-stigma programs meant to …

In this study, we build on previous work by developing and estimating a model of the
relationships between causal attributions (eg, controllability, responsibility), familiarity with …

The effectiveness of efforts designed to address mental illness stigma will rest on our ability
to understand stigma processes, the factors that produce and sustain such processes, and …

Objective: To provide a review of population‐based attitude research in psychiatry during
the past 15 years. Method: An electronic search using PubMed, Medline, and Academic …

In the past decade, mental health professionals have initiated a number of national and
international efforts against the stigma of mental illness. While largely successful in beating …

Background: There is a wide range of literature on stigmatization and discrimination of
people with mental illness. Most studies, however, derive from Western countries. This …

BackgroundStigma defines people in terms of some distinguishing characteristic and
devalues them as a consequence. AimsTo describe the relationship of stigma with mental …

BackgroundThere is concern about the stigma of mental illness, but it is difficult to measure
stigma consistently. AimsTo develop a standardised instrument to measure the stigma of …