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Updates & Legacy — Stigmabase is a Canadian Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Initiative. Our mission is to inform about stigma around the world and make the data collected accessible for researchers. Stigmabase is very attentive to misinformation and lists only reliable sources. — The marginalization of individuals or categories of individuals is a too common phenomenon. Millions of people are facing this problem around the world and many complex factors are involved.

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Elderly 'paying too much for care'

Greenwich Mean Time — Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Elderly 'paying too much for care': By Joanna Codd » OLDER people are continuing to wrongly pay high care home costs because of local differences in the way national policies are being applied, it has been claimed. Department of Health figures continue to reveal huge variations, ...

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Tories will keep two-child benefit limit 'if we win the next election'

Greenwich Mean Time — Wednesday, April 24, 2024

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African Economies to Grow at 3.4% in 2024- World Bank

Greenwich Mean Time — Wednesday, April 10, 2024

“Moreover, due to multiple factors including structural inequality, economic growth reduces poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa less than in other regions. View article...

Climate change is causing mental health crisis for workers, report claims

Greenwich Mean Time — Thursday, April 25, 2024

Climate change is driving a crisis in workers' mental health, a new global report has claimed. Extreme weather, climate change-induced disasters ... View article...

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Greenwich Mean Time — Thursday, May 02, 2024

... mental health nexus including the CCM outputs. The global event featured keynote sessions delivered by prominent experts in climate change and mental ... View article...

School and mental health in Wales

Greenwich Mean Time — Friday, April 26, 2024

As Welsh Government asks for feedback on its new 10 year strategy for mental health, Chloe talks about the importance of support to young people. View article...

Government urged to focus on early intervention to tackle 'unprecedented' mental health ...

Greenwich Mean Time — Friday, April 19, 2024

Children and young people's mental health charity Anna Freud wants the next government to adopt its plan to shift the emphasis from urgent mental ... View article...

As Russia's war rages, Ukraine's mental health crisis spirals

Greenwich Mean Time — Friday, April 12, 2024

Since 2017, Viatkina, a psychology student, has worked as a manager in an NGO supporting veterans and their families with their mental health, an ... View article...

Smartphones, Social media And A Spike In Mental Health Crises Among Youth

Greenwich Mean Time — Friday, April 12, 2024

Increasing use of social media and smartphones often cops the blame for an increase in youth mental health issues but the reality is not so ... View article...

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Scottish mental health unit 'missed opportunities' to help woman

Greenwich Mean Time — Friday, May 03, 2024

A Scottish mental health assessment unit "missed opportunities" to help a school dinner lady who killed herself two days after being discharged, ... View article...

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Greenwich Mean Time — Friday, May 03, 2024

In a ruling published earlier in April, Lady Hallett rejected pleas from Mind and other charities to include adult mental health and wellbeing in an ... View article...

Rishi Sunak defends Spring Statement saying 'it's impossible' to protect everyone

Greenwich Mean Time — Wednesday, May 08, 2024

The Resolution Foundation said 1.3 million people would fall into absolute poverty next year, and not be able to afford basic necessities. The ... View article...

I went from marching for gay rights outside Parliament to voting to change law as MP

Greenwich Mean Time — Wednesday, May 08, 2024

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Wales national soccer team staff are boycotting Qatar World Cup over the country's anti-gay laws

Greenwich Mean Time — Friday, May 03, 2024

Being homosexual in Qatar is illegal and punishable by death, and discrimination and violence against LGBT+ people are rife. View article...

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Greenwich Mean Time — Wednesday, May 08, 2024

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'It's a national scandal,' calls to protect vulnerable from forced prepayment meters

Greenwich Mean Time — Wednesday, May 08, 2024

Wales must safeguard vulnerable people at risk of fuel poverty after a ban on energy companies forcibly fitting prepayment meters came to an end. View article...

The mental health crisis crushing British teachers: 'A lot of people are broken'

Greenwich Mean Time — Tuesday, May 07, 2024

A November study by the mental health charity Education Support found that teacher wellbeing is at a five-year low, with stress, insomnia and burnout ... View article...

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