@inbook{b44fd388ff594515909427952a87c4ee,
title = "Stigma of mental illness",
abstract = "Stigma is a pervasive force that has powerful consequences and reduces the life opportunities of those that it affects. Society also becomes burdened by the costs of those who neglect adequate treatment and whose illness conditions worsen due to fears of stigma. The concept of stigma includes internal psychological processes within the person, interpersonal social processes between individuals and groups, and large-scale processes on the level of culture and politics. These models identify different mechanisms by which stigma exerts its negative effects on others. Further, current anti-stigma interventions have drawn upon these conceptualizations to reduce stigma and its effects. {\textcopyright} 2008",
keywords = "AIDS, Deviance, Discrimination, HIV, Human rights, Mental illness, Prejudice, Psychiatric illness, Racism, Stereotype, Stigma",
author = "Yang, {L. H.} and Cho, {S. H.} and A. Kleinman",
note = "Funding Information: Changing Minds is another anti-stigma campaign funded by the United Kingdom Royal College of Psychiatrists. Launched in 1998, this program targets community members ranging from health-care professionals to the general public. They use print and video media to relay an anti-stigma message to others. Another anti-stigma campaign is taking place in over 20 countries with the World Psychiatric Association's Open the Doors campaign in 1996. This program specifically targets the stigma associated with schizophrenia. Further, novel interventions have been developed to address the perspectives of specific community groups, including medical professionals, journalists, school children, law enforcement officials, employers and church leaders. Regarding HIV/AIDS, the Ford Foundation funded the HIV/AIDS Anti-Stigma Initiative by involving community-based organizations in the U.S. to increase awareness and to decrease stigma. This campaign also produces research for those who are stigmatized and for the disease itself. ",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00047-2",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780123739605",
pages = "219--230",
booktitle = "International Encyclopedia of Public Health",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
}