Announcing the Lancet Commission on stigma and discrimination in mental health

[...]we will summarise the global evidence of how people with mental illness experience stigma and discrimination. [...]we will describe the wide-ranging impacts of stigma, including barriers to clinical services, biases in the behaviour of health-care providers, violation of basic human rights, and...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2020-11, Vol.396 (10262), p.1543-1544
Main Authors: Thornicroft, Graham, Sunkel, Charlene
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collaboration
Discrimination
Guidelines as Topic
Health care
Human rights
Humans
International Cooperation
Mental Disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Social Discrimination - prevention & control
Social exclusion
Social Stigma
Stigma
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Summary:[...]we will summarise the global evidence of how people with mental illness experience stigma and discrimination. [...]we will describe the wide-ranging impacts of stigma, including barriers to clinical services, biases in the behaviour of health-care providers, violation of basic human rights, and adverse social implications, such as in marriage and the workplace. [...]the Commission will provide a set of actionable recommendations to put these changes into practice, including measures developed with key stakeholder and target groups, including service users and carers, policy makers, clinicians, educators, carers, celebrities, philanthropists, and researchers. Since stigma and discrimination occur globally, although their manifestations vary by context and culture, a serious and coordinated international effort is required to produce strong Commission recommendations.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32203-0