Mental Health Gap Action Program: mhGAP (Uganda Pilot 2012-2016)
Mental Health Gap Action Program: mhGAP (Uganda Pilot 2012-2016) | MHGAP was launched in 2008 by the WHO with the aim of scaling up care for people with mental, neurological and substance use disorders. World Vision, in partnership with the ministry of Health has been implementing this program...
The Public Stigma of Mental Illness: What Do We Think; What Do We Know; What Can We Prove?
The Public Stigma of Mental Illness: What Do We Think; What Do We Know; What Can We Prove? In a 2015 article from the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, data became available to address the question: Do larger cultural contexts of stigma differ significantly? Preliminary findings suggest...
Guidelines to Reduce Stigma Guide 4
This Guide is part of a series of four Guides to reduce stigma. The Guides are for managers, health and social workers and service staff to help them address stigma surrounding Leprosy and other health conditions. These Guides provide evidence-based and best-practice information from different disciplines, and recommendations...
Effectiveness of Social Skills Training for reduction of self-perceived Stigma in Leprosy
by Valsa Augustine of the Schieffelin Institute of Health Research and Leprosy Centre in Tamil Nadu, India; and Miriam Longmore of Somerville College, Oxford University, Oxford, England. To assess the effectiveness of social skills training in leprosy patients to raise self-esteem and reduce self-perceived stigma, five leprosy patients...