Mental healthGenderStigmaAdolescenceTo explore gender differences and the role of stigma in teen willingness to use mental health services. Self-administered, written questionnaires were conducted with 274 eighth graders in a suburban community in a mid-Atlantic state. Teens reported on social support ...
Sometimes hope plays a role, in the fact that there is a lot of parents, a fair percentage, that don't seek help for their children. Because oh, it's going to get better. Oh, it's natural. Oh I don't want the stigma of my child going to see a psychiatrist or mental health pr...
All of these challenges can contribute to mental health difficulties. Warning signs for poor mental health are often ignored due to mental health stigma. Mental health care is health care, and can be just as important as caring for physical health in high school students and young adults. ...
Stop Stigma Let’s work together to end the stigma around mental illness by fostering open conversations about mental health and the importance of seeking help. Help is available Remember, you’re not alone. Help is available and it’s okay to ask for it. ...
Alyssa Mairanz, a licensed mental health counselor and owner ofEmpower Your Mind Therapy, says the numbers are distressing, yet unfortunately, she "wasn't surprised." "There are a few things that teens nowadays deal with that older generations didn't have to deal with," Mairanz notes, inclu...
De-stigmatizing mental health conditions and getting treatment for them, whether that be counseling, family therapy, or antidepressant medications, is likely an important step on the road to decreasing rates of adolescent depression. Never start or stop any depression medicines or other forms o...
Harold Koplewicz:Just think about the fact that mental health disorders do not have parity in insurance with physical disorders. One of the reasons for that is that employees don’t demand it. There was so much stigma. “Why do you want coverage for depression?” The fact that new employe...
stigma about talking about mental health, but I also do think that we in a really positive way, have been giving young people the language to say what’s happening with them. What concerns me is that while we’re giving them the language to describe their mental health on an anonymous ...
health topics are very popular on social media apps like YouTube and TikTok, with celebrities and influencers openly talking about their mental health struggles.Seeing a therapist is also more common now than when I was a teenager, but there is still a stigma towards having mental health ...
That's why CBS2 is launching a series of reports called Breaking the Stigma: Children and Mental Health. You'll hear from students, parents, and school officials finding solutions to address the growing need. In Monday's report, we learn about a group of teens...