Stigma of Mental illness

Prepared for Stigma in Mental Health: Interventions to Reduce the Burden, J. ArboledaFlorez and H. Stuart (eds.) John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Based on a presentation at the World Psychiatric Association International Congress, October 2006, Istanbul. We acknowledge support from the Fogarty International Center, the National Institute of Mental Health and the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research, all of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (Grant No.5 R01 TW006374). We also acknowledge financial support for the Icelandic data from the Icelandic Centre for Research and the University of Iceland.