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Mental Illness Stigma in the Israeli Context: Deliberations and Suggestions

Amir Tal

Department of Community Mental Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Israel, Executive Director of In Good Company Looking Beyond, the Organization (NPO) for Reducing the Stigma and Discrimination Against People With Psychiatric Disabilities in Israel, amir.t.tl{at}gmail.com

David Roe

Department of Community Mental Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Israel

Patrick W. Corrigan

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60626, USA

Background: In this paper we deliberate mental illness stigma in the Israeli conteXt and suggest ways to reduce it, emphasizing the community's role in the rehabilitation of persons with mental illness.

Material: A literature review of Israeli and international literature of mental illness stigma.

Discussion: Community mental health, in addition to its traditional focus on developing community-based services, should focus also on community-based interventions such as the delivery of anti-stigma interventions.

Conclusions: Providing individualized rehabilitation services in the community while addressing stigma-induced social barriers may create a better recovery ground for Israelis with mental illness.

Key Words: mental illness stigma • psychiatric rehabilitation • social inclusion of persons with mental illness in Israel • strategies to reduce mental illness stigma

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 53, No. 6, 547-563 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0020764007082346
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