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Lessons from a 10-year global programme against stigma and discrimination because of an illnessNorman Sartorius
Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Switzerland
Psychol Health Med 11:383-8. 2006..The programme is under way in 19 countries. The paper gives a brief description of the programme and lists the lessons learned during its course...
Stigmatized illnesses and health careNorman Sartorius
Croat Med J 48:396-7. 2007- Learning how to speakNorman Sartorius
University of Geneva 40, Geneva, Switzerland
Croat Med J 48:259-60. 2007 - Moderation in all thingsNorman Sartorius
Croat Med J 48:566-7. 2007 - Stigma and mental healthNorman Sartorius
Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, 1209 Geneva, Switzerland
Lancet 370:810-1. 2007 - Poverty and healthNorman Sartorius
Croat Med J 48:750-1. 2007 - Antidepressant medications and other treatments of depressive disorders: a CINP Task Force report based on a review of evidenceNorman Sartorius
Chairperson of CINP Task Force, 14 Chemin Colladon, Geneva, Switzerland
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 10:S1-207. 2007 - Recommending disorder in health care systemsNorman Sartorius
Croat Med J 48:878-9. 2007 
International mental health advocacy organizations: an interview with Norman Sartorius by John A. TalbottNorman Sartorius
Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Geneva, Switzerland
J Nerv Ment Dis 199:557-61. 2011..The impact of a good leader or leadership group lasts for a few years. A great achievement would be to structure associations in a manner that will ensure their stability and continuous contributions even when their leaders are weak...- Why is the world not a much better place now that so much more information is available?Norman Sartorius
Croat Med J 48:92-3. 2007 - Black clouds have silver linings: do silver clouds have black linings?Norman Sartorius
Norman Sartorius, University of Geneva 40, Boulevard du Pont d Arve, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Croat Med J 46:849. 2005 - Technological development will help people get better health care: true or false?Norman Sartorius
University of Geneva 40, Boulevard du Pont d Arve, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Croat Med J 45:781-2. 2004 - Is there a best way to live amidst dilemmas?Norman Sartorius
University of Geneva 40, Boulevard du Pont d Arve, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Croat Med J 46:702-3. 2005 - Brains in movementNorman Sartorius
Norman Sartorius, University of Geneva 40, Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Croat Med J 46:1005-6. 2005 - An epidemic is threatening health care worldwideNorman Sartorius
University of Geneva 40, Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Croat Med J 46:152-3. 2005 - On the cost of thingsNorman Sartorius
University of Geneva 40, Boulevard du Pont-dArve, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Croat Med J 45:508-9. 2004 - Counting our blessingsNorman Sartorius
University of Geneva 40, Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Croat Med J 46:476-7. 2005 - An item of good news for medicine in 2004Norman Sartorius
University of Geneva 40, Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Croat Med J 45:107-8. 2004 - Stigma: ignorance, prejudice or discrimination?Graham Thornicroft
Br J Psychiatry 190:192-3. 2007..The main challenge in future is to identify which interventions will produce behaviour change to reduce discrimination against people with mental illness... - Comorbid somatic illnesses in patients with severe mental disorders: clinical, policy, and research challengesW Wolfgang Fleischhacker
Department of Biological Psychiatry, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
J Clin Psychiatry 69:514-9. 2008.... - The Lancet's series on global mental health: 1 year onVikram Patel
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK; Sangath Centre, Porvorim, Goa, India
Lancet 372:1354-7. 2008 - 34.8 degrees C and risingNorman Sartorius
Croat Med J 47:783-4. 2006 - Iatrogenic stigma of mental illnessNorman Sartorius
BMJ 324:1470-1. 2002 - Attitudes of psychiatrists toward patients with schizophreniaAlp Ucok
Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul, Turkey
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 58:89-91. 2004..3%). A total of 88.4% of respondents thought the term 'schizophrenia' was used in a pejorative manner in public. The findings revealed that stigmatizing attitudes of society are also shared by some psychiatrists... - Introduction: Stigma and discrimination against older people with mental disordersNorman Sartorius
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 18:669. 2003 - The global fight against the stigma of schizophreniaNadia Kadri
Moroccan Society of Psychiatry
PLoS Med 2:e136. 2005 - The ways of being almost perfectNorman Sartorius
Croat Med J 45:675-6. 2004 - International study on antidepressant prescription pattern at 20 teaching hospitals and major psychiatric institutions in East Asia: Analysis of 1898 cases from China, Japan, Korea, Singapore and TaiwanNaoki Uchida
Fukuoka University College of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 61:522-8. 2007..0% of all cases. At the time of the survey, only two SSRI medications were available in Japan. However, five types of SSRI were available and were often prescribed in Korea... - The puzzle of AIDSNorman Sartorius
Croat Med J 45:230-1. 2004 - Editorial: GOOD NEWS OR BAD? The processes of revision of the classifications of mental disorders have startedNorman Sartorius
Psychiatr Danub 18:2-3. 2006 - The impact of antistigma education on the attitudes of general practitioners regarding schizophreniaAlp Ucok
Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 60:439-43. 2006..The authors' findings suggest that one antistigma education session, supported by the distribution of related documents, can improve GPs attitudes towards schizophrenia... - What did the WHO studies really find?Assen Jablensky
School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, The University of Western Australia, MRF Building, 50 Murray Street, Perth 6000, Australia
Schizophr Bull 34:253-5. 2008 - From science to action: the Lancet Series on Global Mental HealthVikram Patel
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Curr Opin Psychiatry 21:109-13. 2008..This article provides a narrative account of the background to the series, its development and the key messages of these articles... - Challenging the stigma of schizophreniaCecília C Villares
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 25:1-2. 2003 - Changing aspects of psychiatric inpatient treatment. A census investigation in five European countriesHans Rittmannsberger
OO Landes Nervenklinik Wagner Jauregg, Linz, Austria
Eur Psychiatry 19:483-8. 2004..A considerable increase in the numbers of staff was found in Slovakia... - Reducing the Social and Economic Burdens of Depression (SEBoD) in AsiaNorman Sartorius
Brain and Mind Research Institute, Camperdown, NSW 1450, Australia
Australas Psychiatry 12:S1-3. 2004 - At issue: anti-stigma-endeavoursChristoph Lauber
Int Rev Psychiatry 19:103-6. 2007 - The meanings of health and its promotionNorman Sartorius
Croat Med J 47:662-4. 2006 - Training primary care physicians in Chile in the diagnosis and treatment of depressionBenjamin Vicente
Departamento de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental, Universidad de Concepcion, Casilla 160 C, Concepcion, Chile
J Affect Disord 98:121-7. 2007..This World Psychiatric Association (WPA) program was adopted to overcome diagnostic and treatment problems that are found among primary care practitioners... - Statements on the first of April 2006Norman Sartorius
Croat Med J 47:505-7. 2006 - Access to diagnostic evaluation and treatment for dementia in EuropeGunhild Waldemar
Memory Disorder Research Group, Department of Neurology, Neuroscience Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 22:47-54. 2007..Culture-sensitive strategies to promote public knowledge and destigmatize dementia are essential. Policy makers and authorities should be made aware of the benefits of early access to diagnosis and treatment... - Newer antidepressant drug use in East Asian psychiatric treatment settings: REAP (Research on East Asia Psychotropic Prescriptions) StudyKang Sim
Institute of Mental Health Woodbridge Hospital, Singapore
Br J Clin Pharmacol 63:431-7. 2007..We compared patients given newer and older antidepressants to test the hypothesis, suggested in the literature, that use of newer antidepressants is associated with treatment settings rather than specific diagnostic categories... - Schizophrenia practice guidelines: international survey and comparisonWolfgang Gaebel
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany
Br J Psychiatry 187:248-55. 2005..Schizophrenia guidelines differ considerably in methodology and content... - How many millionaires in Africa?Norman Sartorius
Croat Med J 47:888-90. 2006 - Pathways to psychiatric care in Eastern EuropeRichard Gater
University of Manchester and Lancashire Care NHS Trust, Preston, UK
Br J Psychiatry 186:529-35. 2005..There has been almost no research into mental health services in Eastern Europe. A pathways study is a quick and useful starting point, requiring few resources... - Training Latin American primary care physicians in the WPA module on depression: results of a multicenter trialItzhak Levav
Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
Psychol Med 35:35-45. 2005..This study evaluated the materials developed by the World Psychiatric Association in a training program on depression among primary care physicians by measuring changes in their knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP)... - Physical symptoms of depression as a public health concernNorman Sartorius
Department of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, Switzerland
J Clin Psychiatry 64:3-4. 2003..Better undergraduate education of medical students and general education for the public in understanding and treating depressive disorders could considerably improve the prognosis of patients suffering from these illnesses...