[…] of them," said NAMI Executive Director Michael J. Fitzpatrick. "The Voice Awards are prestigious honors for leaders in a broad national movement that is working to eliminate stigma and transform America's mental health care system." A special theme of this year's Voice Awards, sponsored by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), […]
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[…] down through NPR and its affiliates for any employee who lives with mental illness." In the NAMI Blog, Fitzpatrick further noted: "Once again, someone has played 'the stigma card,' suggesting mental illness to discredit a person rather than debating issues on their merits." Fitzpatrick told Schiller the remark was "sadly inconsistent with NPR's own […]
[…] It includes providing psychological tools to prepare for and respond to posttraumatic stress. Message to Soldiers, Veterans and Families "We're still struggling as a nation with the stigma of mental illness," Blackledge said. "I tell my soldiers and their families, you need to look at it as an injury, just like a physical injury. […]
Running head: HIGH SCHOOL STIGMA INTERVENTION 1 ©American Psychological Association, 2020. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. Please do not copy or cite without author’s permission. The final article will be available, upon publication, via its DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000235 Reducing […]
A lack of funding and resources can prevent Americans from getting the mental health care they need, experts say. Lawmakers, mental health experts and advocates joined together to discuss how stigmas associated with mental health can be broken and how to build a comprehensive health care system that supports individuals affected by mental illness, among […]
[…] mental health disparities. It reviews some of the barriers to behavioral health care, including lack of insurance coverage, lack of community-based interventions, unequal access to evidence-based practices, stigma, mental health workforce shortages, and geographical maldistribution of providers. Second, it reviews opportunities to address these disparities. The article provides examples of effective interventions that researchers […]
Discusses the stigma in the Asian-American community and while Asian-Americans have a lower reported rate of psychiatric disorders and suicide compared to Caucasians within the U.S., they are three times less likely to seek mental health help, according to a National Latino and Asian American Study. Discussing mental health concerns is “taboo” in a […]
[…] grassroots mental health organization with over 650 state and local affiliates, captures national attitudes about mood disorders. The survey reveals surprising findings, including an increase in reported stigma-created barriers to treatment for depression — from 72% in 2009 to 84% today. NAMI’s CMO, Ken Duckworth, MD, sheds light on how to interpret these findings, […]
[…] illnesses, their families and community members. “I have several family members who suffer from and live with mental illness,” says actor-producer Sterling K. Brown. “From anxiety to bipolar to schizophrenia, the profound level of sadness these unseen wounds can cause is tremendous. NAMI is all about destroying stigma, and creating empathy for the mentally ill.”
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