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Reducing stigma and discrimination against older people with mental disorders
— a technical consensus statement | | Author(s) | Nori Graham, James Lindesay, Cornelius Katona |
| Corporate Author | Old Age Psychiatry Section, World Psychiatric Association - WPA; World Health Organization - WHO |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 18, no 8, August 2003 |
| Pages | pp 670-678 |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Psychiatric treatment ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Standards of provision ; International. |
| Annotation | Stigma results from a process whereby certain individuals and groups are unjustifiably rendered shameful, excluded and discriminated against. The destigmatisation of people with mental disorders is central to the current agenda of action within the World Psychiatric Association (WPA). This technical consensus paper was produced by WPO and WHO, with the collaboration of several NGOs and the participation of experts from different regions. It is intended as a tool for: promoting debate on the stigmatisation of older people with mental disorders; outlining the nature, causes and consequences of this stigmatisation; and promoting and suggesting policies, programmes and actions to combat this stigmatisation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030916201 A |
| Classmark | E: LP: TOB: 583: 72 |
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