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Mental illness stigma research in Argentina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Martin Agrest ,
Franco Mascayano ,
Sara Elena Ardila-Gómez ,
Ariel Abeldaño ,
Ruth Fernandez ,
Norma Geffner ,
Eduardo Adrian Leiderman ,
Ezra S. Susser ,
Eliecer Valencia  and
Lawrence Hsin Yang
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Martin Agrest
Affiliation:
Proyecto Suma, NGO, Buenos Aires, Argentina, email magrest66@gmail.com
Franco Mascayano
Affiliation:
School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile
Sara Elena Ardila-Gómez
Affiliation:
Scientific and Technical Research National Council (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Lanus, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ariel Abeldaño
Affiliation:
Scientific and Technical Research National Council of Argentina (CONICET), School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina
Ruth Fernandez
Affiliation:
School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina
Norma Geffner
Affiliation:
Proyecto Suma, NGO, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Eduardo Adrian Leiderman
Affiliation:
Proyecto Suma, NGO, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ezra S. Susser
Affiliation:
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA
Eliecer Valencia
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, USA
Lawrence Hsin Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, USA
Virginia Zalazar
Affiliation:
Proyecto Suma, NGO, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gustavo Lipovetzky
Affiliation:
Proyecto Suma, NGO, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Abstract

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Studies regarding stigma towards mental illness in Argentina blossomed after the first National Mental Health Law was passed in 2010. Methodological limitations and contradictory results regarding community perceptions of stigma hinder comparisons across domestic and international contexts but some lessons may still be gleaned. We examine this research and derive recommendations for future research and actions to reduce stigma. These include tackling culture-specific aspects of stigma, increasing education of the general population, making more community-based services available and exposing mental health professionals to people with mental illness who are on community paths to recovery.

Type
Thematic papers: Stigma in Latin America
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BJPsych International , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , November 2015 , pp. 86 - 88
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015

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