Stigma and discrimination as a barrier to mental health service utilization in India

作者：Rahul Shidhaye, Michelle Kermode · 发表于：International Health · 年份：2013 · DOI：10.1093/inthealth/ihs011 · 被引用次数：200 · 研究领域：Mental Health Treatment and Access、Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development、Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Stigma towards, and discrimination against, people with mental disorders is an important barrier to mental health service utilization in India. It contributes to delays in seeking care, impedes timely diagnosis and treatment for mental disorders, serves as an impediment to recovery and rehabilitation, and ultimately reduces the opportunity for fuller participation in life. In India there is a need to generate evidence base for context specific interventions that will address negative attitudes towards people with mental disorders and ensure implementation of these interventions by involving users, care-givers, community health workers and mental health service providers.