There is a growing interest in examining self-stigma as a barrier to recovery from schizophrenia.
To date, no studies have examined mental health service user's experiences of self-…

Background: There are an estimated one million completed suicides per year worldwide. As
a response to increasing concern about suicide within Europe, the EUROSAVE (European …

Objectives: GAMIAN‐Europe is a pan‐European federation of national patient organizations
from 30 European countries covering the whole spectrum of psychiatry. To gain a better …

Objective: Recent evidence suggests that bipolar disorder (BD) may alter social functioning
in stabilized bipolar patients. We reviewed the available published material on the ‘…

Background Depression is a common and important public health problem most often
treated by GPs. A self-help approach is popular with patients, yet little is known about its …

Background Clinicians report barriers to involving their patients in mental health research
and have concerns that participation may have negative effects. Aim To investigate patients' …

This article describes patients’ perspectives of depression and antidepressant treatment
based on research by the Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Networks (GAMIAN-…

Wolfersdorf has reviewed the psychopathological risk factors for in-patient suicide, based on
audits of clinical practice. 3 Some of these are listed below: l Depressed mood l A sense of …

The dictionary definition of advocacy is “the act of pleading a cause” or “support for or
recommendation of a policy”.

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