Co-Chair: Heather Stuart (Canada)
Secretary: Richard Warner (USA)
Introduction:
Stigma creates a vicious cycle of discrimination and social exclusion for
those who suffer from a mental disorder and all of those who are associated
with them. Stigma is the single most important barrier to quality of life
of mental health consumers and family members—more so than the illness itself—and
a major impediment to mental health reform and development. As the majority
of people with a mental illness are now treated in community settings, negative
public opinions can have potent consequences for them and their families.
Consequences of stigma such as unemployment, lack of housing, diminished
self-esteem, and weak social support can be major obstacles to recovery,
influence long term prognosis, and promote disability. Stigma and the expectation
of stigma can also produce serious disruptions in family relationships and
reduce normal social interactions because of a desire for secrecy.
Activities:
The Stigma Section of the World Psychiatric Association—through its network
of international members--engages in activities designed to reduce stigma
and discrimination because of mental disorders and improve social inclusion
for people with mental illness and their families. More specifically the
Stigma Section:
- Disseminates information about stigma and discrimination because of mental disorders through academic and technical publications, and through symposia and courses offered at WPA regional meetings and congresses.
- Advances scientific knowledge about stigma through collaborative research and evaluation.
- Provides training opportunities to support the development of effective programs to fight stigma and discrimination because of mental disorders.
Section Committee:
- Chair: Wolfgang Fleishhacker (Austria), wolfgang.fleischhacker@uibk.ac.at
- Co-Chair: Heather Stuart (Canada), hh11@post.queensu.ca
- Secretary: Richard Warner (USA) drdickwarner@aol.com
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- Julio Arboleda-Flórez (Canada), ja9@post.queensu.ca
- Julian Leff (United Kingdom), spjujpl@iop.kcl.ac.uk
- Juan José López-Ibor (Spain) jli@lopez-Ibor.com
- Norman Sartorius (Switzerland) mail@normansartorius.com
- Costas Stefanis (Greece), costefanis@epipsi.gr
- Cecilia Villares (Brazil), cvillares@terra.com.br
Members (As of February 2006):
- Arboleda-Flórez (Canada) jearflo@aol.com
- Bauman, Anja (Germany) baumanna@uni-duesseldorf.de
- Buizza, Chiara (Italy) cbuizza@hotmail.com
- Cechnicki, Andrzej (Poland) mzcechni@cyf-kr.edu.pl
- Christodoulou, George (Greece) gchristodoulou@ath.forthnet.gr
- Cuenca, Olga (Spain) ocuenca@llorenteycuenca.com
- Economou, Marina (Greece) meconomou@epipsi.gr
- El-Adl, Mamdouh (UK) Mamdouh.ElAdl@nht.northants.nhs.uk
- Fleischhacker, Wolfgang (Austria) wolfgang.fleischhacker@uibk.ac.at
- Gaebel, Wolfgang (Germany) wolfgang.gaebel@uni-duesseldorf.de
- Gramandani, Christina (Greece) cgramandani@epipsi.gr
- Guimon, Jose (Switzerland) onpguugj@lg.ehu.es
- Häfner, Heinz (Germany) hhaefner@as200.zi-mannheim.de
- Herrick, Fay (Canada) fherrick@shaw.ca
- Hocking, Barbara (Australia) barbara.hocking@sane.org
- Jorge, Miguel Roberto (Brazil) migueljorge@psiquiatria.epm.br
- Jovanovic, Mirjana (Serbia & Montenegro) mirjov@yuonline.net
- Kadri, Nadia (Morocco) n.kadri@menara.ma
- Katschnig, Heinz (Austria) heinz.katschnig@meduniwien.ac.at
- Katontoka, Sylvester (Zambia) usersmentalhealth@yahoo.com
- Kontaxakis V. (Greece) psych@psych.gr
- Levav, Itzhak (Israel) itzhak.levav@moh.health.gov.il
- Leff, Julian (United Kingdom) spjujpl@iop.kcl.ac.uk
- López-Ibor, Juan José (Spain) jli@lopez-Ibor.com
- Masrood, Mahrukh (India) mahrukhmasud@gmail.com
- Milev, Roumen (Canada) rmilev@cogeco.ca (h), milevr@pccchealth.org (w)
- Mironova, Kate (Minsk) kate_mironova@tut.by
- Montenegro, Roger (Argentina) rogermontenegro@wpanet.org
- Moussaoui, Driss (Morocco) psych@casanet.net.ma
- Nawka, Petr (Slovakia) pnmi_nawka@in4.sk
- Nica, Raluca (Romania) lrsm@dnt.ro
- Okasha, Ahmed (Egypt) aokasha@internetegypt.com
- Okasha, Tarek (Egypt) tokasha@internetegypt.com
- Pappas, Evangelos (Greece) pappavangelis@hotmail.com
- Pinfold, Vanessa (United Kingdom) info@rethink.org
- Ponteri, Marco (Italy) ponteri@tiscali.it
- Aslihan Polat (Turkey), aslihanp@yahoo.com
- Rose, Diana (UK) d.rose@iop.kcl.ac.uk
- Rossi, Giuseppe (Italy) g.rossi@fatebenefratelli.it
- Rössler, Wulf (Switzerland) roessler@spd.unizh.ch
- Sartorius, Norman (Switzerland) mail@normansartorius.com
- Sato, Mitsumoto (Japan) mitsu@tfu-mail.tfu.ac.jp
- Schöny, Werner (Austria) Werner.Schoeny@gespag.at
- Schulze, Beate (Switzerland) beate.schulze@bli.unizh.ch
- Shrivastava, Amresh, (UK) dr.amresh@gmail.com
- Stefanis, Costas (Greece) costefanis@epipsi.gr
- Stuart, Heather (Canada) hh11@post.queensu.ca
- Tasman, Cathy (USA) cathytasman@bellsouth.net
- Thornicroft, Graham (United Kingdom) g.thornicroft@iop.kcl.ac.uk
- Tosevski, Dusica (Serbia & Montenegro) dusica.lecictosevski@eunet.yu
- Tudorache, Bogdna (Romania) lrsm@dnt.ro
- Uçok, Alp (Turkey) alpucok@superonline.com
- Villares, Cecilia (Brazil) cvillares@terra.com.br
- Watanabe Miyuki (Japan) watanabe_miyuki@lilly.com
- Wig, Narendra N. (India) wignn@yahoo.co.in
Corresponding (non-voting) Members:
- Moshe Abramowitz (Israel) mzabram@zahav.net.il
- Berrada, Soumia berrada.soumia@caramail.com
- Bielanska, Anna mzcechni@cyf-kv.edu.pl
- Ito, Yugo (Japan) anti-stigma@dentsu.co.jp
- Kallivayalil, Roy Abraham (India) roykallivayalil@dataone.in
- Marra, Anna (Italy) Anna.Marra@OspedaleNiguarda.it
- McIntyre, Jack (USA) jmcintyre@unityhealth.org
- Murthy, Srinivasa (India) murthys@emro.who.int
- Programma 2000 (Italy) programma2000@ospedaleniguarda.it
- Schulze, Hugh, (USA) hschulze@cchangeinc.com
- Tal, Amir (Israel) amirtl@hotmail.com
- Thara, R. scarf@vsnl.com
Minutes of the Meeting held in Cairo, September 2005
Publications (Books and Journals) of Members of the WPA Section on Stigma and Mental Disorders (up to 2006)