This article outlines efforts to rapidly assess, monitor, and address fears associated with the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in the United States. Although fear, stigmatization, and discrimination were not widespread in the general public, Asian-American communities... Read more
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Murray, L. K., Tol, W., Jordans, M., Sabir, G., Amin, A. M., Bolton, P., … & Thornicroft, G. (2014). Dissemination and implementation of evidence based, mental health interventions in post conflict, low resource settings. Intervention, 12, 94-112. The burden... Read more
Garoff, F. (2015). Psychosocial support during the Ebola outbreak in Kailahun, Sierra Leone. Intervention, 13(1), 76-81. This field report describes the author's deployment as a psychosocial delegate to the International Federation of Red Cross Ebola epidemic response in Sierra... Read more
Cheung, E. Y. (2015). An outbreak of fear, rumours and stigma: psychosocial support for the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in West Africa. Intervention, 13(1), 70-76. This field report summarises the experience and lessons learnt by the author, who was... Read more
Gonzalez, T. (2015). The travellers dance: how Ebola prevention measures affect day to day life. Intervention, 13(1), 57-60. While the international community remains concerned and focused on the potential spread of Ebola out of Africa, the author states that... Read more
An ethnographic study of ethnopsychology in Nepal, describing views on divisions of body, heart and mind, and how they are relevant to stigma associated with mental health and psychosocial problems. Abstract Anthropologists and psychiatrists traditionally have used the salience... Read more
Objective: To gain an understanding of how stigma associated with mental illness exists in Sri Lanka from the perspectives of community mental health workers and to explore their views on how stigma may be tackled in the future. Methods:... Read more
