Economic Outlook Remains Positive, but homeless numbers increase. Time to Update the Mental Health Services Act. November 23, 2015. Last week two very important sets of numbers were released showing the disconnect …
Category Archives: Stigma
Let's tackle mental health stigma and attract trainees to psychiatry …
Demand for psychiatrists is growing but the healthcare community needs to get its own house in order if we are to fill the gaps in recruitment.
Cutting the Soul: A journey into the mental illness of a teenager …
Mothers of those with mental illness share a special burden that they rest of us can only begin to imagine. They have raised and loved a person, but that person seems to have disappeared. In her book, Cutting the Soul: A …
PTSD Recovery: When to Share Your Diagnosis | Trauma! A PTSD …
Deciding when to share your posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis, and with whom, can be difficult to do. Even though talking about it, and seeking support from others, is an important step toward recovery, choosing …
15 Finds Out: Group works to improve mental health care access …
But, stigma and a confusing health care system are keeping a lot of people from the care they need. “The average diagnosis and treatment of a mental illness takes eight years. We can't go on like that,” Marcia Haaff, the CEO …