REDUCING THE STIGMA OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HANDICAP*
Keywords:
stigma, mental handicap, professional integration, specialists, project.Abstract
The article presents strategies and methods to
reduce the stigma of people with mental handicap.
These aspects were debated in the Pilot Seminar in the
Project Public Health-Mental Health, Santé Publique -
Santé Mentale (SPSM).
The project aims to train specialists in the professional
insertion of mental handicap.
The aim of article is to describe a better method of
reducing the stigma of persons with mental handicap.
This method will be useful to elaborate mental health
policies.
The method of research analyzes: literature, tools and
practices of specialists in the field of mental handicap.
In the project seminar, there were made exchange
between specialists to ameliorate the work instruments
and specific skills in order to find the best method to
reduce stigma in this field. This method is adapted to
the tendencies in European mental health needs. The
conclusion of research is: the best way to reduce stigma
in this area is employing persons with mental diseases.
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