Daisy Yuhas
don't necessarily know where to go and get help. I myself was one of them, and this is what I talk about at the HALT events, that four years ago when I founded HALT, I didn't know I could go to the doctor about my mental health and get a mental health plan. I didn't know...
It’s a great way to talk about your feelings of anger and resentment without judgment. Your therapist might even help you understand why you feel so angry and why you have trouble letting go of the grudges. [Read: Why we need to breakdown the stigma of mental illness] 14. Move forward...
Stigma interferes with life goals of people with mental illness. Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) may impact stigmatizing attitudes. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of psychiatric medication DTCA on the stigmatizing and affirming attitudes of the general population versus ...
The fi rst Guide provides basic information on stigma, its causes, manifestations, and eff ects. The third Guide provides recommendations on how to develop an approach for reducing stigma. Through the use of a roadmap, several steps are discussed for reducing stigma related to a particular ...
The nature and intensity of AIDS stigma are shaped by the social construction of the epidemic in different locales. Stigma therefore needs to be discussed in its cultural context. This clinic-based study aims at understanding stigma among 203 HIV positive individuals from Chennai, South India. The...
But the greatest barrier to conversations, especially in older generations, are the cultural stigmas, experts agreed. It was not until I learned new words — such as 自卑 (zìbēi), which means “insecure” — that I was able to narrow the communication gap with my parents. Instead of jus...
positive society, we still have a hard time digesting the topic. STIs, like herpes and chlamydia, have come to function as punchlines or ways to diminish someone’s worth. They are so stigmatized that creating a conversation around them often causes the discourse to end before it truly ...
Understanding therapy benefits, approaches, and the role of your therapist Therapy aims to lessen the effects of symptoms of a mental health condition or challenges experienced by clients through talk therapy sessions where they can freely express their thoughts, feelings, and experiences in a safe ...
Self-mutilation is deliberate self-harm without an intent to end one's life. Self-mutilation is associated with an increased risk of suicide. Most individuals who commit suicide have a mental illness such asdepression,bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. ...