Society's black-and-white thinking impacts stigma against bisexuals, who occupy the gray area, Jen said, and also people's ability to understand the bisexual experience. "It leads to some sense of othering," she said. "We can't understand an identity [so we think] we shouldn't adhere ...
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Racial, ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity in Australia is rapidly increasing. Although Indigenous Australians account for only approximately 3.5% of the country’s population, over 50% of Australians were born overseas or have at least one migran
Negative or distortive thoughts can impact how a teen sees themselves especially if they become a constant pattern of thinking. One example of a thinking error is ‘all-or-nothing’ thinking, where a person sees things in black or white, and not something in between. For example, something ...
Although it is often said that your past should not dictate your future, perhaps it’s not so black and white. Perhaps embracing the hurts of a past-life will help promote happiness in a new one. Do I know this definitively? Absolutely not. However, I do know that perseverance often pro...
All-or-Nothing Thinking:Viewing situations in black-and-white terms, without recognizing any middle ground. For example, believing you are a complete failure if you make one mistake. Overgeneralization:Making broad generalizations based on a single event. An example would be thinking, "I a...
Has White psychiatry really moved on from the mid-19th century, when US physician Samuel Cartwright proposed that Black slaves attempted to escape their captivity because of a mental illness he termed drapetomania?1 Arguably, aspects of Cartwright's style of thinking have re-emerged in UK mental...
Almost a third of all people who entered Germany to seek protection since 2010 were under the age of 18. Asylum-seeking and refugee (ASR) adolescents in Germany face reduced entitlements to healthcare and experience barriers in accessing mental healthcar
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Introduction The importance of personality to mental health entails accurate definition of both personality and mental health. According to World Health Organization (WHO) health is defined as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or ...