Mental health stigma refers to negative beliefs people may hold about those with mental illness, which can lead to stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. Public awareness and literacy have ...
It’s tempting to dismiss the proliferation of labels as a fad, but there’s more to this phenomenon than a simple culture-war reading allows ...
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, it may seem everyone is exploring mental health therapy, but men are being left behind. In the United States, young adults aged 18 to 34 who sought such therapy increased ...
Some mental health conditions, such as anxiety, depression and ADHD, have become more accepted in society. People can now talk about them at work, at home and online and often be met with ...
Imagine living in a country where talking openly about depression or anxiety can cost you your job, your reputation, or even your freedom. That is still the reality in Ghana, where mental illness is ...
Jason Turner shares his own mental health journey as a way to remind fellow firefighters and officers that silence in the ...
Mental illness stigma—it's familiar to all of us, but not fully understood by everyone. Why does it persist? And how does it keep so many people from receiving the treatment they deserve? Counseling ...
To effectively serve communities in crisis, hospitals and health systems must adopt a larger scale, population-based approach ...
“We’ve got to start looking at mental health differently than what we have done for generations, especially in rural areas,” says Jeff Winton a multigenerational dairy farmer from New York. “Our ...