The British Journal of Psychiatry (2007) 190: 192-193. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.025791
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EDITORIALS

Stigma: ignorance, prejudice or discrimination?

Graham Thornicroft, PhD, Diana Rose, PhD, Aliya Kassam, MSc and Norman Sartorius, PhD

Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UK

Correspondence: Professor Graham Thornicroft, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK. Tel: +44(0)207 848 0735; fax: +44(0)207 277 1462; email: g.thornicroft{at}iop.kcl.ac.uk

Declaration of interest G.T. and A.K. undertake stigma-related research supported by an educational grant from Lundbeck UK Ltd.

The term stigma refers to problems of knowledge (ignorance), attitudes (prejudice) and behaviour (discrimination). Most research in this area has been based on attitude surveys, media representations of mental illness and violence, has only focused upon schizophrenia, has excluded direct participation by service users, and has included few intervention studies. However, there is evidence that interventions to improve public knowledge about mental illness can be effective. The main challenge in future is to identify which interventions will produce behaviour change to reduce discrimination against people with mental illness.


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