Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness: Changing Minds and Creating Opportunities

• By: Michael B. Friedman, LMSW Columbia University School of Social Work
• April 18th, 2023
• discrimination, employment, housing, mental illness, religion, social isolation, Spring 2023 Issue, stigma
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What can be done to overcome the stigma of mental illness? Because stigma is generally understood as a concatenation of negative attitudes and beliefs, community mental health education designed to change people’s minds seems to be what is needed. But there is another way to think about stigma -...