Stigma and discrimination.

1 Director, Program in Medical Psychiatry, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario; Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. 2 Chair and Founding Member, Stigma–Discrimination Working Group, Canadian Psychiatric Association, Ottawa, Ontario; Past-President, Canadian Psychiatric Association, Ottawa, Ontario; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec; Psychiatrist, Centre de santé et des services sociaux de Sept-Îles, Sept-Îles, Quebec. 3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; Researcher, Louis-H Lafontaine Hospital, Montreal, Quebec. 4 Founding Member, Stigma–Discrimination Working Group, Canadian Psychiatric Association, Ottawa, Ontario; Chief of Psychiatry, Cumberland Health District, Nova Scotia; Co-ordinator of Northern Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Nova Scotia; Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 5 Psychiatrist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. 6 Resident in Psychiatry (PGY-4), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. 7 Founding Member, Stigma–Discrimination Working Group, Canadian Psychiatric Association, Ottawa, Ontario; Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario; Expert Adviser, Canadian Medical Association Centre for Physician Health and Wellbeing, Ottawa, Ontario; President, PEAK MD, Ottawa, Ontario. 8 Coordinator, The Medical Clinic for Person-Centred Psychotherapy, North York, Ontario; Chair, Ontario Medical Association Section on General Practice Psychotherapy, Toronto, Ontario; Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Tynsdale University College, Toronto, Ontario. © Copyright 2011, Canadian Psychiatric Association. This document may not be reproduced without written permission of the CPA. Members’ comments are welcome. Please address all comments and feedback to: President, Canadian Psychiatric Association, 141 Laurier Avenue West, Suite 701, Ottawa, ON K1P 5J3; Tel: 613-234-2815; Fax: 613-234-9857; e-mail: [email protected]. Reference 2011–51. Note: It is the policy of the Canadian Psychiatric Association to review each position paper, policy statement and clinical practice guideline every five years after publication or last review. Any such document that has been published more than five years ago and does not explicitly state it has been reviewed and retained as an official document of the CPA, either with revisions or as originally published, should be considered as a historical reference document only. Introduction