Stories tagged "stigma"

You may think that I am being needlessly pedantic, but this has been an extremely popular film and this scene will influence many people’s perceptions of what it is to have a serious mental illness.

A Palestinian couple locked their disabled son and daughter in two stinking, urine-stained rooms for four decades out of fear they would ruin the marriage prospects of a healthy child if discovered, police said today.

While more Americans believe that mental illness has genetic causes, the nation is no more tolerant of the mentally ill than it was 10 years ago.

Homicides by people with mental disorders in England and Wales are declining, contradicting public perceptions of the mentally ill as dangerous

Now that I've been diagnosed with a different kind of illness (Parkinson's) it's a mere inconvenience in life, in comparison to mental illness. People are there for you and offer help; you can talk about it and people don't look at you weirdly but rather

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I am completely disgusted by the tone of a Philadelphia Inquirer piece today. The headline? "No short-term fix to rid Phila. park of homeless."

So, China released a document that says I cannot go to the Olympics.

A new survey by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) suggests that twice as many Americans live with schizophrenia than with HIV/AIDS, but that most Americans are unfamiliar with the disorder.

American soldiers who suffer post traumatic stress disorder would be awarded Purple Heart medals, usually given to those who are wounded in action, under a controversial plan being actively considered by the Pentagon.