ArticleInternational journal of mental health systems2008
Reducing stigma and discrimination: Candidate interventions.
Article in International journal of mental health systems, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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75 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Stigma associated with mental health problems among young people in India: a systematic review of magnitude, manifestations and recommendations.BMC psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- Core components of mental health stigma reduction interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2020Pooled it
- Public stigma of mental illness in the United States: a systematic literature review.Administration and policy in mental health · 2013Pooled it
- Mass media interventions for reducing mental health-related stigma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- The effectiveness of interventions for reducing stigma related to substance use disorders: a systematic review.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2012Pooled it
- The different faces of mental illness stigma: Systematic variation of stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination by type of illness.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2022Trial
- Effectiveness of Mental Health First Aid training in Denmark: a randomized trial in waitlist design.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2016Trial
- A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Intervention Study to Assess the Effect of a Contact Intervention in Reducing Leprosy-Related Stigma in Indonesia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015Trial
- Reducing the stigma of mental illness in undergraduate medical education: a randomized controlled trial.BMC medical education · 2013Trial
- Factors Associated with Mental Health Service Utilization Among Adults in Gasabo District, Kigali City, Rwanda: A Convergent Mixed-Methods Study.Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Article
- Adaptation and Validation of the Brazilian Portuguese Version of the Mental Health Knowledge Schedule (MAKS-BR) in the Context of Primary Health Care.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Intergenerational transmission of disability stigma: the mediating role of family communication patterns and the moderating effect of cognitive empathy.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Evaluation of the reliability and validity of the Persian version of the Reported and Intended Behaviour Scale, a mental health stigma-related behaviour measure.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- 'The community lives on sleeping medication and antidepressant[s]….': Health care workers' experiences of mental health service provision in rural South Africa.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Validation of the Mental Illness: Clinicians' Attitudes Scale: The Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Brazilian Version.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Anti-stigma interventions in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
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- Interventions to reduce the stigma of mental health at work: a narrative review.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2023Review
- A street corner education: Stop and search, trust, and gendered norms among adolescent males.PloS one · 2022Article
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Abstract
This paper proposes that stigma in relation to people with mental illness can be understood as a combination of problems of knowledge (ignorance), attitudes (prejudice) and behaviour (discrimination). From a literature review, a series of candidate interventions are identified which may be effective in reducing stigmatisation and discrimination at the following levels: individuals with mental illness and their family members; the workplace; and local, national and international. The strongest evidence for effective interventions at present is for (i) direct social contact with people with mental illness at the individual level, and (ii) social marketing at the population level.
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