How to Break the Stigma

addressing the stigmas around mental health


research on stigmas
- A very prevalent stigma is social stigma, this involves the prejudiced attitudes that others have around mental illness. Ideas that persist having mental health issues make you weak, in need of excessive attention, and exaggerative are examples of this

- Another is self-perceived stigma,which involves an internalized stigma that the person with the mental illness suffers from. This stems from social stigmas.