Module introduction

Welcome to this CPD Online module, Combating stigma. We hope that you find it an interesting and rewarding learning experience.
 
Learning outcomes

 

By the end of this module we hope that you will have gained:

 

  • an overview of stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness

 

  • insight into stigma across different mental illnesses

 

  • clear guidance on how psychiatrists can help reduce stigma and discrimination

  • knowledge on strategies used to reduced to reduce stigma and discrimination 

 

  • an awareness and understanding of how stigma and discrimination have an impact upon the private and public lives of people with mental illness.
 

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