Abstract
Studies regarding stigma towards mental illness in Argentina blossomed after the first National Mental Health Law was passed in 2010. Methodological limitations and contradictory results regarding community perceptions of stigma hinder comparisons across domestic and international contexts but some lessons may still be gleaned. We examine this research and derive recommendations for future research and actions to reduce stigma. These include tackling culture-specific aspects of stigma, increasing education of the general population, making more community-based services available and exposing mental health professionals to people with mental illness who are on community paths to recovery.
Highlights
As Argentina is moving towards community-based treatments, studies regarding stigma are prolifer ating and may help to overcome barriers in the full implementation of the National Mental Health Law
As an initial conclusion based on the above studies, while increased education efforts may help to reduce stigma in the general population, increased contact in collaborative situations that take place in the community rather than in clinical settings, in addition to interacting with consumers at different stages of recovery, might facilitate stigma reduction among practitioners
Most of the samples in the studies examined were non-representative in nature; the studies focused solely on attitudes
Summary
Social distance and perception of social discrimination towards persons with schizophrenia in the general adult population of Buenos Aires, Argentina To analyse the effects of community life on people with mental illness in the neighbourhoods in which they live, in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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