Stigma and recovery in the narratives of peer support workers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Stigma attaching to mental illness has been considered a major challenge to public policies, to the provision of care and to the well-being of people who live with the experience of mental illness worldwide. Here we discuss narratives from peer support workers which we obtained during the assessment...

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Main Authors: Catarina Magalhães Dahl, Flavia Mitkiewicz de Souza, Giovanni Marcos Lovisi, Maria Tavares Cavalcanti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2015-11-01
Series:BJPsych International
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056474000000611/type/journal_article