A Mental Health Organization Combatting the Stigma of Mental Illness

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The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism
2005-2006

Phil Smith
Executive Producer, Spoken Features, Radio New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand

TOPIC: Explore the political, media, and social factors contributing to the popular fallacy that people with mental illnesses are dangerous and violent. Investigate the impact of public fear on people experiencing mental illnesses and on health care practice, particularly within New Zealand prisons.

Phil Smith

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The Carter Center, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, in partnership with Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide. A nongovernmental organization, the Center has helped to improve life for people in more than 70 countries by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy and human rights; preventing diseases; improving mental health care; and teaching farmers to increase crop production.