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[47] Although there are effective mental health interventions available across the globe, many persons with mental illnesses do not seek out the help that they need. Only 59.6% of individuals with a mental illness, including conditions such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder, reported receiving treatment in 2011. [48]
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]
It is common for African American youth to look to their families and friends for support; [9] however, some youth refrained from speaking to those close to them due to, “fearing that friends would laugh, joke, or tease them” [10] (Lindsey et al., 2006, p. 53), or that family members might “feel offended that they weren't able to help or that they were a second choice” [11] (Lindsey et ...
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]
Still, more work is needed to increase access to mental health care, rid our communities of dangerous stigmas, and grow the workforce to increase availability of care.
A study examined the portrayal of mental illness in Disney films and found that 85% of these films made reference to mental illness, and 21% of the characters were referred to as mentally ill. On average, 4.6 references to mental illness were made across these films, with the most commonly used terms being "mad," "crazy," or "nutty."
In its first year, Appleton North High School's poetry club brings attention to suicide prevention and mental illnesses one poem at a time. In its first year, Appleton North High School's poetry ...
Within the Asian American community, there is a great stigma against reaching out for help with mental health. Despite higher levels of unmet mental health needs than their White counterparts, Asian Americans hesitate to reach out for help with mental health due to “a deeply felt stigma against mental illness”. [11]
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