Overcome Stigma with Resources for Support, Rejection, and Accommodations

• By: Dan Berstein, MHS MH Mediate
• July 18th, 2025
• advocacy, mental health, recovery, resources, stigma, Summer 2025 Issue, support, workplace accommodations
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Mental illness stigma might mean folks inappropriately assume someone living with a mental health condition is dangerous, incapable, or socially undesirable. When those negative attitudes translate into harmful actions, the results can be devastating. Stigma often leads to friends or family pulling...

Your Options for Responding to Mental Illness Stigma (Protectively, Collaboratively, or Assertively)

• By: Dan Berstein, MHS Mindquity
• April 24th, 2024
• advocacy, collaborative approach, coping strategies, discrimination, self-care, Spring 2024 Issue, stigma
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I have been open about my bipolar disorder for almost twenty years. Immediately after I spoke at my first mental health awareness event, I was met with feedback and gratitude. People thought it was a brave thing for me to speak up about my mental illness to fight stigma. But the truth is, I felt I...