Download or read book Cultural Considerations in Relation to Mental Health Stigma written by Mary Chambers and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-06-05 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mental health conditions are a global problem and estimated to affect approximately 1 in 4 people worldwide. They know no boundaries and have no respect for socioeconomic status, ethnicity, gender, disability, or religion. For many in society, including health care professionals, mental illness is an enigma often driven by lack of visible ‘evidence’. Stigma as a concept captures ignorance, stereotyped beliefs and discriminatory behaviors amongst others. Stigma and discrimination can take many forms, both direct and indirect, operating at multiple levels – individual, interpersonal, community, and structural Research evidence has facilitated an increasingly nuanced understanding of the prevalence and manifestations of stigma.