Stigma and Recovery: New Approaches to Old Challenges

• By: Larry Hochwald Nat Etrog, LCSW Elaine M. Edelman, LCSW
• July 1st, 2009
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Thomas R. Insel, MD stated, “Psychiatry is the only part of medicine where there is actually greater stigma for receiving treatment for these illnesses than for having them” (Insel, NIMH Report 2006). There are many aspects to the stigma surrounding mental illness. It manifests itself as a...