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  2. Social stigma - Wikipedia

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    For example, evidence from a refugee camp in Jordan suggests that providing mental health care comes with a dilemma: between the clinical desire to make mental health issues visible and actionable through datafication and the need to keep mental health issues hidden and out of the view of the community to avoid stigma.

  3. Mental health stigma is shifting. So why are adults ... - AOL

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    Mental illnesses have come out of the shadows of the public discourse, but stigma still exists. Failures of the national health infrastructure also influence aversion to psychological services.

  4. Social determinants of mental health - Wikipedia

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    Studies have found that the stigma associated with mental health problems can impact care seeking and participation. Reasons that decrease the likelihood of care seeking include prejudice against people with mental health illnesses as well as just the expectation of prejudice and discrimination for those who seek treatment. [66]

  5. Mental health - Wikipedia

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    Mental health prevention is defined as intervening to minimize mental health problems (i.e. risk factors) by addressing determinants of mental health problems before a specific mental health problem has been identified in the individual, group, or population of focus with the ultimate goal of reducing the number of future mental health problems ...

  6. Combating mental health stigma starts with awareness ... - AOL

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    In Asian American and Pacific Island communities, which represents about 40 different groups, discussing mental health is often taboo, said Stephanie Tom, the state’s deputy treasurer and ...

  7. National Alliance on Mental Illness - Wikipedia

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    NAMI endorses the term anosognosia, or "that someone is unaware of their own mental health condition or that they can’t perceive their condition accurately". [25] While NAMI previously referred to mental illnesses as "serious brain disorders", [26] current advice on their "How we talk about NAMI" page recommends against this language. [27]

  8. Mental Health and Baby Boomers: Reducing Stigma Key to ... - AOL

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    It’s estimated that 20 percent of people age 55 or older experience some type of mental health issue, and the number of older adults with depression is expected to double between 2010 and 2030.

  9. Stig-9 - Wikipedia

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    Perceived mental illness stigma is a psychological construct. It is a key component of the modified labeling theory. [2] According to this theory, negative societal beliefs about people with mental disorders are part of western culture (e.g. people with mental disorders are seen as being less trustworthy, weak, less intelligent, and dangerous).