A Paradigm Shift: Addressing Two Misrecognitions About the Stigma of Mental Illness

• By: Helen-Maria Lekas, PhD Suzanne B. Feeney, MBA Dhanushki Samaranayake, PhD Daniele Martino, MA Kerstin Pahl, PhD Crystal Fuller Lewis, PhD
• July 14th, 2022
• institutional stigma, intersectionality, mental health stigma, stereotypes, stigma, stigma reduction, stigmatizing labels, Summer 2022 Issue
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The stigma of mental illness has proven to be persistent and stubbornly immune to a wide range of stigma-reducing campaigns, programs, and interventions. The intensity of stigma varies by diagnosis, with depression and anxiety being less stigmatizing than, for example, schizophrenia and bipolar...

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...