Table 1 Search terms used for scoping review

Basic search string structure

("mental health" OR "mental disorder" OR "mental illness" OR "mental recovery" OR "disable") AND (facility OR “mental health facility” OR clinic OR “community facility”) AND (neighborhood OR community) AND ("stigma" OR "challenges" OR "discrimination" OR against) AND (Macau OR Taiwan OR Singapore OR Japan OR Korea OR Australia OR "New Zealand" OR Canada OR "United States")

In press

Source type: journal

Year: 2005–2019

Databases: PubMed, Scopus, and PsycINFO

Hong Kong

a. (‘legal provisions’ WITH discrimination OR discriminate OR stigma OR ‘legal regulations’ WITH discrimination OR discriminate OR stigma) AND (‘people with disabilities’ OR ‘mental illness’ OR ‘mental health’ OR’ mental health services’ OR clinic OR ‘welfare facilities’) AND (‘statutory rights’ OR ‘human right’) AND (‘community’) AND (‘Hong Kong’)

b. (‘land zoning’ WITH ‘Social services’ WITH protocols OR development plan OR guidelines) AND (‘social integration’) AND (‘Hong Kong’)

Source type: legal regulations, official documents, Legislative Council minutes newspaper, online media and reports

Searches were conducted of government websites and local media

Overseas countries or regions

c.(‘legal provisions’ WITH discrimination OR discriminate OR stigma OR legal regulations WITH discrimination OR discriminate OR stigma) AND (‘people with disabilities’ OR’ mental illness’ OR ‘mental health’ OR ‘mental health services’ OR clinic OR ‘welfare facilities’) AND (‘statutory rights’ OR ‘human right’) AND (community) AND (Macau OR Taiwan OR Singapore OR Japan OR Korea OR Australia OR ‘New Zealand’ OR Canada OR ‘United States’)

d.(‘land zoning’ WITH ‘Social services’ WITH protocols OR development plan OR guidelines) AND (‘social integration’) AND (Macau OR Taiwan OR Singapore OR Japan OR Korea OR Australia OR New Zealand OR Canada OR ‘United States’)

Source type: legal regulations, newspaper, and reports

Searches were conducted of government websites