[…] Health, the reason why is not really understood. A recent NAMI survey asked students what keeps them from seeking help and they reported that reluctance comes from stigma. Students fear that professors and peers will perceive them negatively and that their medical information will not be confidential. This stigma keeps a lot of students […]
[…] Mental Health Month as well as in October for Mental Illness Awareness Week and World Mental Health Day. All of these celebrations raise awareness, help to combat stigma and raise funds for the populations they honor. Between my Italian heritage and multiple diagnoses, red and green are important colors in my life. In 1996, […]
[…] to shave. I started coming in wrinkled uniform. I didn’t go to my wife for help. I thought, “If you aren’t a cop, you don’t understand.” The stigma is if you show a weakness, if you say something’s bothering you, they look at you like you are weak. With all this happening, one night […]
[…] my classmates and immediate family. The way in which my family and community handled his death were the seeds of my own role as an advocate against stigma in the face of suicide and mental illness. This all happened over 50 years ago, and we might say that there is less stigma now. But […]
[…] we first started, a member of our editorial panel said that he wanted to be able to read bp on the bus and “not look crazy.” Yes, stigma was alive and well back then. Our intention was to create a magazine that looked and felt mainstream on any newsstand. Today, bp continues to be […]
[…] work to change it. So, here are just a few ways we can continue to push our cause forward: With Words Start conversations. To reduce mental illness-related stigma, we need to feel comfortable having conversations about it. The more we talk about mental health conditions, the more normalized it becomes. Starting the conversation is […]
[…] than 20 countries, and its demand increases each year across the globe. Public health initiatives, like May’s BPD Awareness Month, are being launched to help eradicate BPD stigma from both physical and mental health professionals. Notifying congressional representatives of the severity and frequency of BPD is imperative to eliminating the ill effects that stigma […]
[…] I decided to begin by talking with my primary care physician (PCP) about my mental health concerns. During my annual physical, I pushed aside the shame and stigma that had been weighing on me for so long, and shared that I wanted to get the help I was certain I desperately needed. “I think […]
[…] live with a mental health condition. Yet only a handful have spoken out. So why don’t Olympians talk freely about mental illness, if they have it? Probably stigma. Athletes want to be viewed as strong and empowered, and rightly so. They don’t want the public shaming them for any issue or condition, especially one […]
[…] devastating impact or caused a major-life disruption. So, what can be done to manage the impact of a suicide, and work toward future prevention? Work to Decrease Stigma Stigma only leads to silence. And silence about a suicide loss does not contain the ripple effect—it just leaves people feeling isolated, as if they are […]
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