De l’autostigmatisation aux origines du processus de stigmatisation. A propos de l’enquête internationale « santé mentale en population générale : images et réalités » en France et dans 17 pays

The archetype of the 'mad' represents the paradigm of the stigma- tization process and the history of madness appear as an attempt to make it di- sappear by their medicalization for the benefit of the concept of 'mental illness '. The SMPG international survey results show the failure of the medicalization of madness to reduce stigma. This investigation describes the social representations associated to the archetypes of the 'mad', the "mentally ill" and the "depressed".