Experience of stigma and discrimination reported by people experiencing the first episode of schizophrenia and those with a first episode of depression: The FEDORA project

Conclusion:
Stigma and discrimination because of mental illness change in the course of the mental diseases. Future research may take a longitudinal perspective to better understand the beginnings of stigmatisation and its trajectory through the life course and to identify critical periods at which anti-stigma interventions can most effectively be applied.

Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Corker, E. A., Beldie, A., Brain, C., Jakovljevic, M., Jarema, M., Karamustafalioglu, O., Marksteiner, J., Mohr, P., Prelipceanu, D., Vasilache, A., Waern, M., Sartorius, N., Thornicroft, G., the FEDORA study group, Bulucz, Kores, Constant Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research