Stigma toward mental illness in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review

Objective: Stigma toward individuals with mental disorders has been studied extensively. In the case of Latin America and the Caribbean, the past decade has been marked by a significant increase in information on stigma toward mental illness, but these findings have yet to be applied to mental healt...

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Main Authors: Franco Mascayano, Thamara Tapia, Sara Schilling, Rubén Alvarado, Eric Tapia, Walter Lips, Lawrence H. Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2016-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462016000100073&lng=en&tlng=en