Tag: stigma
The Distance between Doctors and Psychiatric Patients: A Subtle Form of Discrimination against the Mentally Ill?
If we consider the word “reject”, it means to not give someone the attention, love and care they want and expect. It also means to [more…]
Persecutory Delusions: A Clinical Study and Related Therapy
Garety (2014) defined persecutory delusions to be a central psychotic experience at the extreme continuum of paranoia. To clarify, Freeman (2016) expanded that they may [more…]
Stomp Out the Stigma — Speak About Depression
7th April 2017, recently marked as World Health Day, introduced a campaign with the goal of, “DEPRESSION — LET’S TALK.” Yes, depression a fairly common [more…]
Impact of Societal Stigma on the Mentally Ailing
Stigma is a set of labels imposed by society on an individual and can lead to their isolation because of avoidance of social situations and [more…]
Stigmatization of Substance Abuse: The Story After Rehabilitation
To begin this article, I would like to bring your attention to an organization I visited as part of my clinical objective—AAS, the Alleviate Addiction [more…]
