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Recent Trends, Challenges and Issues in Funding Public Mental Health Services in the US
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Stigma Changes When It Crosses Borders
Psychiatric News story - "The stigma of serious mental illness appears to vary from one country to another. For instance, persons with schizophrenia in Mongolia are not viewed as dangerous, but they are so viewed in Germany. Think what it might be like to live in Siberia and endure the incredibly cold, dark winters. Now imagine what it must be like to live in Siberia and also have schizophrenia. It may sound like a gargantuan challenge, but Siberian residents with schizophrenia appear to have at least one thing going for them—they are not viewed by others as being dangerous. This finding comes from a study conducted by M.C. Angermeyer, M.D., Ph.D., head of the clinic and outpatients' clinic of psychiatry the University of Leipzig in Germany. The results appeared in the June Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica..."  
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