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  • Guides on Stigma and Mental Wellbeing [5]
    • Guide 1. What are health-related stigma and mental wellbeing? [8]
      • 1. What is stigma?
      • 2. Why does stigma exist?
      • 3. What are the causes of stigma?
      • 4. Who stigmatises?
      • 5. How does it feel to experience stigma?
      • 6. What are the effects of stigma?
      • 7. Effects of stigma and discrimination on mental wellbeing
      • Annex Guide 1
    • Guide 2. How to reduce the impact of stigma [7]
      • 1. From undetected disease to diagnosis to support
      • 2. Individual-level interventions
      • 3. Group-level interventions
      • 4. Family-level interventions
      • 5. Referral
      • 6. Further reading
      • Annexes Guide 2
    • Guide 3. How to reduce sources of stigma [6]
      • 1. Background to the design of a stigma-reduction intervention
      • 2. Identifying the sources of stigma
      • 3. Targeting an intervention
      • 4. Inclusion of affected persons and champions in interventions
      • 5. Interventions by source type
      • Annexes Guide 3
    • Guide 4. How to assess health-related stigma and mental wellbeing [9]
      • 1. What is the purpose of the assessment?
      • 2. What approach would best fit your purpose and context?
      • 3. Quantitative assessment methods
      • 4. Qualitative assessment methods
      • 5. Assessments using mixed methods
      • 6. Developing qualitative methods from scratch
      • 7. How do you conduct a stigma assessment?
      • 8. How to interpret and report your findings
      • Annexes Guide 4
    • Glossary
  • NTD Morbidity and Disability Toolkit [15]
    • CHIEF
    • Clinical Profile
    • EMIC affected persons
    • EMIC-CS Community Stigma
    • Participation Scale
    • Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
    • 5-Question Stigma Indicators
    • Salsa Scale
    • SARI Stigma Scale
    • SDS Social Distance Scale
    • SRQ Self-reporting Questionnaire
    • Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS)
    • WGQ Washington Group Questions
    • WHODAS
    • WHOQOL-BREF
  • Perception Study Toolkit (PST)
  • Zero Leprosy Toolkit
  • CBM's Community Mental Health Good Practice Guides
  • GPZL & Infolep Factsheets

 

6. Further reading

WHO’s Psychological first aid: Guide for field workers (PFA)
WHO’s brief eLearning module on counselling in the leprosy context
WHO’s package of training and guidance materials to promote rights and recovery…
WHO’s Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP)
The London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s Healthy Activity Programme…
Mental Health Innovation Network’s (MHIN) Mental Health Resources

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