Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 24, 2026

Polar Histogram Visualization of Acute Stress Disorder Scale Scores for Comprehensive Clinical Assessment
Published on: December 6, 2024
["Open the doors"--the antistigma program of the World Psychiatric Association]
1Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Kliniken der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
Abstract:
The stigma attaching to mental illness and psychiatry, and the resulting discrimination of people with mental disorders are major obstacles to early and successful treatment. The current antistigma program "Open the Doors" of the World Psychiatric Association, currently being implemented in 26 countries is aimed at reducing the stigma attached to, and discrimination against, schizophrenia. Since 1999 the program has been running in 7 project centers in Germany. Information programs for the public, and measures aimed at specific target groups will, it is hoped, improve knowledge about the causes, nature and therapeutic options in schizophrenic disorders, and break down prejudices and negative attitudes, thus facilitating the social rehabilitation of those affected.
Related Concept Videos
Community Based Intervention
Foundations of Community Mental Health Programs
Central to the success of community-based interventions is the...
Psychosurgery
Historical Development of Psychosurgery
In the 1930s, Portuguese neurologist Antonio Egas Moniz introduced a surgical procedure designed...
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
Psychosis: Goals of Pharmacotherapy
Psychological and Sociocultural Causes of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
