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Updates & Legacy — Stigmabase is a Canadian Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Initiative. Our mission is to inform about stigma around the world and make the data collected accessible for researchers. Stigmabase is very attentive to misinformation and lists only reliable sources. — The marginalization of individuals or categories of individuals is a too common phenomenon. Millions of people are facing this problem around the world and many complex factors are involved.

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Unnecessary stigma surrounds mental disorders

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, November 01, 2012

Unnecessary stigma surrounds mental disorders : Catherine Zeta-Jones, Brooke Shields, Carrie Fisher (aka Princess Leia), Michael Phelps, Paula Deen, Joe Pantoliano, Angelina Jolie. Odds are most people will be able to identify several of these names as celebrity personalities of one sort or other.

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Stigmabase is a canadian non-profit internet initiative dedicated to informing and raising awareness on the damaging effects of social exclusion and stigma around the world. The marginalization of individuals or categories of individuals is a too common phenomenon. Millions of people are facing this problem around the world and many complex factors are involved.

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