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Denmark is known to be among the most egalitarian countries in the world with a well-organised welfare state providing social security, free access to health and social services and a policy of education for all. Still, the stigma of mental illness remains a challenge to us as a society, as it is in countries we usually compare ourselves to.
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The Danish Mental Health Fund and The Department of Clinical Epidemiology
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OECD: Sick on the Job? Myths and Realities about mental Health and Work, 2012
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The National Research Centre for Working Environment, 2010
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Annual statistic from the Danish Ankestyrelsen (National Social Appeals Board) 2012 on incapacity benefits
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2011–2015 made up the first phase of ONE OF US. At the end of 2015, the campaign received funding for a second phase 2016–2020
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In Danish: EN AF OS. Væk med tavshed, tvivl og tabu om psykisk sygdom.
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Berger et al.: Status på afstigmatiseringskampagnen EN AF OS 2014 KORA (Danish Institute for Local and Regional Government Research)
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Hjärnkoll – psykiska olikheter lika rättigheter, Myndigheten för delaktighet 2014
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Time to Change: Phase 1. Sharing the learning from England’s biggest mental health anti-stigma and discrimination programme, 2007–2011
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Referring to the material from Canadian Journalism Forum ‘Mindset. Reporting on Mental Health’ from 2014.
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Sartorius et al. (2014)
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Kassam et al. (2010)
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Berger et al. (2014)
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Bratbo, J., Vedelsby, A.K. (2017). ONE OF US: The National Campaign for Anti-Stigma in Denmark. In: Gaebel, W., Rössler, W., Sartorius, N. (eds) The Stigma of Mental Illness - End of the Story?. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27839-1_17
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