title: [Stigma, stigma management, destigmatization].
abstract: WHO and WPA recently inaugurated worldwide "anti-stigma-campaigns". On this background the exploration discrimination of against the mentally ill of the term stigma and its meaning is useful. Stigma dates from ancient Greece and was meant to be a visible sign of disgrace. Today stigma and stigma management are sociological terms described by the American sociologist Ervin Goffman (1963) in is essay "Stigma--notes on the management to spoiled identity". Changes and hazards of attempts of destigmatization are explored.
authors: Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Basel, Schweiz.
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mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders; D008604:Mental Health Associations; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011287:Prejudice; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012938:Social Perception; D012944:Social Support; D013240:Stereotyping