[Symposium 50] Anti-stigma 2

[SY-50] Anti-stigma 2

Ken Udagawa², Shu-jen Lu³, Elizabeth King⁴, Deborah Wan⁵, Tsuyoshi Akiyama¹ (1.Rokubancho Mental Clinic(Japan), 2.Community mental health & welfare bonding organization(Japan), 3.National Taiwan University(Taiwan), 4.University of Sydney(New Zealand), 5.Past President of World Federation for Mental Health(Hong Kong))

Keywords:

Stigma,Mental Health,Psyhciatry

In Anti-stigma 2, Ken Udagawa, a committee member of the Japanese Society for Elimination of Barriers to Mental Health, feels the need for horizontal relationships, empathy, and the willingness to learn mutually among the various stakeholders, including professionals, consumers, and families. People can think together about and fight against the stigma in the mental health system. In the anti-stigma movement, every citizen should be together and have a deliberate horizontal relationship. Shu-jen Lu presents "The Movement of anti-stigma in Taiwan since the amendment of Mental Health Law." Research indicates that the level of mental illness stigma in the Asia-Pacific region is higher compared to the other areas. From 1990 to 2022, after 32 years of revising the Mental Health Law, which will officially take effect in 2024. This represents the effort to move from illness management to wellness management and even from a recovery model to peer support, hoping to change the stigma of the past. The aim is to let mental illness be integrated into today's diverse, equal, and integrated society. Elizabeth King will speak about “Leadership in Action: Driving Anti-Stigma Culture in the Workplace.” She leads the section on workplace mental health of the World Federation for Mental Health. This section has been conducting several webinars to achieve the goal of the World Mental Health Day 2024 theme, "It is Time to Prioritize Mental Health in the Workplace." Deborah Wan will present "Global Mental Health Promotion and Community Mental Health Framework in Hong Kong" based on her many years of activities and experiences in community mental health in Hong Kong. Her commitment and devotion to mental health stem from her role as chief executive of Hong Kong New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association for 28 years and the World Federation for Mental Health President from 2011-2013.