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Abstract

Most stigma research to date has considered the stigma of mental illness to be a universal occurrence, but one that presents with different manifestations in different contexts. Yang et al., for example, observe that ‘stigma appears to be a universal phenomenon, a shared existential experience’ (Yang et al. 2007) (p. 1528). In a review of the global evidence on stigma and discrimination, Thornicroft concludes that ‘there is no known country, society or culture where people with mental illness (diagnosed or recognised as such by the community) are considered to have the same value or be as acceptable as persons who do not have mental illness’(Thornicroft 2006).

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Notes

  1. 1.

    The word ‘western’ is used here because it appears in Fabrega’s work. It is a misnomer, usually referring to what happens in the USA and possibly in few European countries. Countries of Europe show vast cultural differences, and there is no justification to making them a group which shares a ‘western’ culture (Sartorius 2002).

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    As with the word ‘western’ referring to Fabrega’s work, we have kept the words Mediterranean and Northern European being fully aware that the differences among the countries bordering the Mediterranean – ranging from the culture prevailing Albania or Croatia and Italy to Morocco and Israel – are generalisations that are not very meaningful nor useful.

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Koschorke, M., Evans-Lacko, S., Sartorius, N., Thornicroft, G. (2017). Stigma in Different Cultures. In: Gaebel, W., Rössler, W., Sartorius, N. (eds) The Stigma of Mental Illness - End of the Story?. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27839-1_4

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