Destigmatization
of psychiatric patients
Objectives
\u2022Understand the notion (stigma) & appraise
its consequences
\u2022Define the role of culture & religion in
promoting/combating mental illness
\u2022Refute myths about psychiatric illness,
patients, & treatments
\u2022Discuss scientific basis of diagnosis and
treatment of mental illness
What is Stigma?
\u2022Stigma represents a complex interaction
between social science, politics, history,
psychology, medicine and anthropology.
\u2022The key step in the generation of stigma
is the perception of difference. For
stigmatization to occur, such difference
must be linked to undesirable traits.
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