SANE’s StigmaWatch program has been tackling stigma in the Australian media since 1997. Focused on mental ill health and suicide, the program monitors media coverage and provides constructive feedback when reporting crosses the line.

The Mosaic Toolkit is a practical, evidence-based WHO resource for taking action to reduce mental health stigma. It is built around three principles — lived experience leadership, social contact, and collaboration — and provides a clear four-step process for planning, delivering, and evaluating anti-stigma initiatives. The toolkit includes adaptable tools and case studies for use in health services, workplaces, schools, and community settings.

The Lancet Commission on Ending Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health is a major international consensus review published in The Lancet. The Commission brought together more than 50 global experts, including people with lived experience, researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and advocates, and reviewed evidence from over 45 countries.

The way we talk about mental health, suicide, and alcohol and other drugs can have a powerful impact. Words can support people to feel understood and seek help, or they can reinforce stigma and cause harm.

We all want our efforts to reduce stigma to produce only “good” effects. But this isn’t always the case when the message of campaigns is not interpreted as intended. Campaigns can increase stigma and other unintended harmful outcomes.

The language used to talk about mental ill-health can play a key role in reducing or enforcing stigma. And it's constantly evolving. But what terms should be used and when? And by whom? This podcast episode aims to find out.

Patrick Corrigan, PsyD, editor of APA’s journal Stigma and Health, discusses where this stigma comes from, how it affects people’s lives, why it’s important for those with mental illness to share their stories.

Published in BMC Medicine, this open-access paper introduces the Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework—a global, crosscutting model designed to guide research, interventions, and policy across multiple health issues including HIV, cancer and mental illness.