Stigma is the prejudice that predisposes to negative attitudes towards the person with a mental disorder. It implies a set of erroneous beliefs, attitudes of social rejection, fear and excluding actions that hinder recovery processes and increase the risk of social exclusion and discrimination. This attitude also appears among family members (who in turn suffer from it), professionals and the affected people themselves (self-stigma). The tendency to deny that one can suffer from a mental illness usually leads to rejection of the request for professional help and, consequently, delays in detection, diagnosis and the start of treatment.