Governor Jesse Ventura's lack of sympathy for persons driven by brain disorders to commit suicide stands as an example of the ignorance and stigma that still needs to be overcome in American society in the treatment of mental illness.
A news release yesterday about the Mental Health Coalition Against Stigma in Hollywood inadvertently listed the American Association of Community Psychiatrists (AACP) as the Association of Adolescent & Child Psychiatrists.
[…] life that A Beautiful Mind (the movie) omitted, while validating the essential authenticity of Ron Howard's work. It also promises to provoke further national debate about mental illness, science, stigma, treatment and recovery. Discussion of key issues will occur through an On-Line PBS Forum from Thursday, April 25 to Friday, May 3 on the documentary's Web […]
[…] month sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), one of which will consider drafting formal guidelines for the news media. Devaluation of people's lives through stigma leads to lack of investment in treatment and recovery. How The Trentonian deals with the incident also may have "far-reaching legal implications," NAMI warned. In a letter to […]
[…] income of less than $10,000. Barriers to employment for survey participants include fear of losing their health benefits and lack of supported employment services, but discrimination and stigma were cited as the primary reason for unemployment by 45%. "We applaud the New Freedom report's call for transformation of the mental health treatment system," said […]
[…] study is right. Television's portrayal of people who live with mental illnesses and people who work in mental health professions too often reflects negative stereotypes. It makes stigma and discrimination worse. Hollywood sometimes gets it right, but only when producers, directors and writers take the time to do their homework. There are basic standards of […]
Sometimes a double stigma exists. While society is more accepting of the LGBTQ community, LGBT people may face both a stigma from identifying with a certain sexual orientation and a stma of having a mental health condition.
[…] Health. Pooja Mehta is one of 130 people who shared first-person accounts of their experiences with mental illness in the book, as a way of challenging the stigma and educating the public about what it feels like to have mental health challenges. Mehta’s experience motivated her to begin speaking out about stigma in mental […]
In section 4: Health stigmas are melting away, Katrina Gay, National Director, Strategic Partnerships discusses eliminating stigma and the impact that celebrity posts about mental health struggles have on the increased calls to the NAMI HelpLine.
[…] talk to? At Work In a job, you have to weigh the advantages against the disadvantages of being open. Consider the potential negative impact on things like stigma from coworkers against your need for special accommodations, which are considered part of your civil rights. Before you share information about your condition, you should learn about your […]
NAMI HelpLine is available M-F, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. ET. Call 800-950-6264,
text “NAMI” to 62640, or email. In a crisis, call or text 988 (24/7).
