Dr. Chris Summerville is CEO of the Schizophrenia Society of Canada, http://www.schizophrenia.ca/, and a director of the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Dr. Mark Ragins is the Medical Director at the MHA Village Integrated Service Agency in Long Beach, California, http://www.mhala.org/mha-village.htm, an award-winning recovery-based mental health service. They explain their work in helping people combat stigma and its effects. They highlight challenges stigma creates for persons with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and for their family caregivers. They explain the types of help need
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