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  2. Mental Health Matters: Eliminating stigma around mental ... - AOL

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    Stigma — a set of negative and often unfair beliefs that a society or group have about something — has long been attached to mental illness. Mental Health Matters: Eliminating stigma around ...

  3. Social determinants of mental health - Wikipedia

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    A global review on the stigma of mental illnesses and discrimination found that “there is no known country, society, or culture where people with mental illness (diagnosed or recognized as such by the community) are considered to have the same value or be as acceptable as persons who do not have mental illness”. [66]

  4. Mental illness in media - Wikipedia

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    Mental illnesses, also known as psychiatric disorders, are often inaccurately portrayed in the media.Films, television programs, books, magazines, and news programs often stereotype the mentally ill as being violent, unpredictable, or dangerous, unlike the great majority of those who experience mental illness. [1]

  5. Social stigma - Wikipedia

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    The Disability Rights Movement recognises that while there is considerable stigma towards people with physical disabilities, the negative social stigma surrounding mental illness is significantly worse, with those suffering being perceived to have control of their disabilities and being responsible for causing them. "Furthermore, research ...

  6. Ginger Zee on how she overcame the stigma of mental health to ...

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    Zee said she hopes the takeaway from the photo for people is that a person who appears smiling, who is functioning in society, can at the same time be struggling with their mental health.

  7. Mental health - Wikipedia

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    Research has shown that there is stigma attached to mental illness. [68] Due to such stigma, individuals may resist labeling and may be driven to respond to mental health diagnoses with denialism. [69] Family caregivers of individuals with mental disorders may also suffer discrimination or face stigma. [70]

  8. Americans over 75 have the highest rates of suicide. How to ...

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    Shame and stigma have long accompanied mental health issues. Now, people are beginning to speak openly about their experiences, and policymakers are raising the alarm. This is especially important ...

  9. Treatment of mental disorders - Wikipedia

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    Stigma against mental disorders can lead people with mental health conditions not to seek help. Two types of mental health stigmas include social stigma and perceived stigma. Though separated into different categories, the two can interact with each other, where prejudicial attitudes in social stigma lead to the internalization of ...