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Six Leading Mental Health Organizations Call on ABC–TV to Drop Halloween Episode; Stigma Violates TV Network’s Own Anti–Bullying Campaign

[…] Corporate Citizenship and Social Responsibility and that one of the television network's own partners in a current anti-bullying campaign has itself called for an end to the stigma that surrounds mental illness. Letter to ABC-TV Mr. Paul Lee President ABC Entertainment Group Dear Mr. Lee: The undersigned national organizations join in asking that ABC-TV refrain […]

Facing Discrimination While Advocating

[…] voted in and was then excluded from all involvement with this group. Situations like these have threatened my ability to advocate. This shows the likes of prejudice, stigma and bullying go far beyond high school, into every part of our society. It’s difficult to advocate for mental health without feeling the degrading or intimidating […]

Stop Making Things Harder for Those Who Already Struggle

[…] make more money and not work with the insane.”   Though painful, I appreciate their response because it taught me a valuable lesson. I saw firsthand the stigma surrounding mental illness. I was on the path to becoming a physician and experienced judgment from a close family member. I could only imagine what those […]

What I Wish I’d Known About Medication: Debunking Myths About Antipsychotics

Taking an antipsychotic medication can be a painful and difficult decision, mostly because of the stigma surrounding serious mental illness (SMI), psychosis and the medications themselves. When I first began taking an antipsychotic, I struggled to accept my situation. Ultimately, the fear of taking a stigmatized drug impacted my course of treatment and overall […]

Stick It to Stigma

Stigma is unfortunately not a problem that we can eradicate overnight. We need to teach people that mental illness is a complicated and unique problem, that every case is different and treatments that work for one person won’t necessarily work for another. There is no panacea for the brain’s problems.

Six Leading Mental Health Organizations Call on ABC-TV to Drop Halloween Episode; Stigma Violates TV Network’s Own Anti-Bullying Campaign

[…] Corporate Citizenship and Social Responsibility and that one of the television network's own partners in a current anti-bullying campaign has itself called for an end to the stigma that surrounds mental illness. Letter to ABC-TV Mr. Paul Lee President ABC Entertainment Group Dear Mr. Lee: The undersigned national organizations join in asking that ABC-TV refrain […]

Can Stigma Prevent Employment?

  The short answer is yes— stigma does prevent people with mental illness from getting a job. But why? Well, people with mental health conditions are typically held responsible and blamed for their behavior and symptoms. Simultaneously, they are perceived as unable to make decisions for themselves. This causes people with mental health conditions […]

The Reality of Stigma

"In order to be truly stigma free, we have to make conscious efforts to recognize our ingrained stigma and act instead in a supportive way. We can acknowledge our fears, but face them anyway."

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