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, …
Category Archives: Stigma
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 …