Category Archives: Stigma

Chris Campbell: UCLA must provide alternative mental health services

College is hard. Exams, homework, extracurricular activities and work cause everyone stress. But for students with mental illness, it can be debilitating. That's what makes UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services, …

Social Anxiety, Jumping to Conclusions, and Peace of Mind | Anxiety …

Someone living with social anxiety disorder might have a job she loves but can't enjoy; she lives in perpetual fear of her supervisors and coworkers thinking she's inferior and hating her because of it. Someone else might have …

'Mental patient' Halloween costumes: a scientific guide | Dean …

Yet another upset caused by “mental patient” Halloween costumes suggests that many people still consider this a valid option. If they will insist on dressing like people with mental health problems, they may as well do it …

People of Color and Mental Illness Photo Series | POPSUGAR Latina

Mental illnesses should not be tailored to only one group of people — they affect everyone. That's the message Latina activist Dior Vargas wants to send with her "People of Color & Mental Illness" photo series, which …

I haven't had a mental health problem for 40 years, but I'm still toxic …

Some years ago I wrote in the Guardian about how I am still stigmatised by a brief mental illness I had in my teens. I wrote the piece after I had to disclose – yet again – to a life insurance provider that I once had a mental …