There Is Hope

• By: Stephen Masiello, LCSW Rockland Psychiatric Center New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)
• July 14th, 2022
• institutional stigma, mental health stigma, public stigma, self-stigma, stigma, Summer 2022 Issue
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People with mental illness have long experienced prejudice and discrimination. To stigmatize someone is to regard them worthy of disgrace or great disapproval. For the individual who is struggling to maintain their overall health and wellness a stigma poses a barrier to them being a member of the...