111 specific health education and awareness, and platform for sharing personal experiences and testimonies between people with different health conditions to highlight the commonalities between them (e.g. similarities in experiences of stigma, clinical management, long-term treatment etc.), that can further help foster mutual understanding and empathy among and between the groups. Such programs can help transform perceptions of groups from ‘us Vs them’ to ‘we’, and develop positive ingroup identity (Gaertner et al., 1993). Finally, considering the contextual nature of stigma and its variance across different geographical locations and cultures (Stangl et al., 2019; Van Brakel, 2006; Weiss et al., 2006), it is recommended to take into account the local context and cultural beliefs while designing integrated stigma reduction programs in Indonesia and elsewhere. Special focus on reducing self-stigma and building selfesteem and positive group identity is also warranted for people with mental health conditions like schizophrenia, who perceive higher self-stigma and biases towards others with the same condition. In this study all participants with schizophrenia were under medication where adverse symptoms such as hallucinations and psychosis were under control, but they feared of possible relapse. Studies have shown that with long-term adherence to medication and
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