The stigma surrounding mental health issues often leads to shame, discrimination, and reluctance to seek help. Raising awareness educates society, reduces misconceptions, and promotes empathy, fostering an environment where mental illness is recognized as a legitimate health concern. Providing support ensu...
#SickNotWeak's online community is here to reach and help that lonely person. Together we can end the stigma that surrounds mental health. Join the movement
Together with nurses' unclear self-perception, recent insights suggest that stigma may inform the apparent identity crisis within the mental health nursing profession.This article explores how stigma may give meaning to mental health nursing identities. The nursing role is built upon official labels, ...
The impact of social stigmas The science behind mental health in athletes Psychologists typically explain mental health conditions with the diathesis-stress model. The theory states that people have an underlying predisposition for certain conditions, and these traits lie dormant until exacerbated by stre...
Stigma is a negative mark or judgment placed on a person because of a specific condition. When it comes to mental health, stigma involves unfair beliefs and attitudes toward people facing mental health challenges. Whether it’s subtle or obvious, this stigma can be damaging, often causingshame,...
In light of this, we are reflecting around how we create a safe space in the workplace to tackle mental health? Creating safe spaces and breaking the stigma centered around mental health The workplace is one of the most important places to discuss mental health, yet it often goes unspoken ...
media has the potential to be a powerful ally in combating mental illness stigma. More accurate and compassionate representation of personality disorders in the media can have several benefits. By projecting positive, human-interest stories and initiating public debates on menta...
This year’s World Mental Health Day reminds us of the inequity in access to mental health services and why we need to break the stigma surrounding mental health once and for all. Salesforce October 11, 2021 4 min read Share article Share article ...
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 and its impactIn behavioral health, “stigma” is defined as a level of shame, prejudice, or discrimination toward people with mental-health or substance-use conditions. Because of stigma, such conditions are often viewed and treated differently from other c...