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  • Austria - Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft, Vienna
  • Belgium - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven
  • Bulgaria - Global Initiative on Psychiatry, Sofia
  • Czech Republic - Centre for Mental Health Care Development, Prague
  • Finland - National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki
  • Germany - Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf
  • Greece - University Mental Health Research Institute, Athens
  • Hungary - Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC), Budapest
  • Italy - University of Verona, Verona
  • Lithuania - University of Vilnius, Vilnius
  • Netherlands - Kenniscentrum Phrenos, Utrecht
  • Romania - Romanian Association of Community Psychiatry, Bucharest
  • Slovakia - Integra o.z., Michalovce
  • Turkey - Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul
  • United Kingdom - King's College London, London
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University Mental Health Research Institute - Program against Stigma because of Mental Illness "anti-stigma", Athens, EL

The University Mental Health Research Institute (U.M.H.R.I.) was founded in 1989 - originally as the Academic Research Institute on Mental Health. UMHRI is linked and has closely collaborated in various projects with the Athens National Technical University, the Democritos National Research Center, the Foundation of Biomedical Research Academy of Athens and the Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications.

The Program against Stigma because of Mental Illness "anti-stigma", is part of WPA's Global Program against Stigma and Discrimination because of Schizophrenia "Open the Doors", which in Greece has been further developed to encompass other mental illnesses like bipolar disorder and depression.

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Mission Statement

UMHRI activities involve:

1. Research
2. Education
3. Monitoring and Evaluation
4. Rehabilitation

The Program "anti-stigma" was the first national initiative in Greece designed to fight the myths and misunderstandings that surround mental illness. The main axes of the program are the following:

1. Research and
2. Antistigma Interventions

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Team Members

• Marina Economou, MD, PhD, Assoc. Professor of Psychiatry
• Eleni Louki, MEd, Psychologist
• Maria Charitsi, MSc, Psychologist
• Eleonora Kanellopoulou, MSc, Psychologist

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Contact

University Mental Health Research Institute
Soranou tou Efesiou 2
P.O. Box: 66517
15601, Papagou
GREECE
Tel: +30 210 6170819 /22
Fax: +30 210 6519796
E-mail: antistigma(at)epipsi.gr
www.epipsi.gr