News tagged with stigma of mental illness
Drug ads still stigmatise mental illness
(PhysOrg.com) -- The way that drugs used to treat mental illness are advertised to doctors could be helping to perpetuate ? rather than break down ? the stigma still attached to mental health problems.
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Apr 05, 2010 |
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His and hers: Study examines the role of gender in the stigma of mental illness
The mentally ill don't get a fair shake in this country. Many employers don't want to hire them, and health insurers don't want to treat their illnesses. Even within their own communities and families, the mentally ill are ...
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Mar 03, 2009 |
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Interest in shock treatment is growing despite decades-old controversy
Recently, actress and writer Carrie Fisher told Oprah Winfrey that she receives electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) regularly to treat depression caused by her bipolar disorder. Taken aback, Winfrey asked, "They still do that?"
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Jun 02, 2011 |
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Culture, stigma affect mental health care for Latinos
Latinos benefit from antidepressants like everybody else — only they do not use them nearly as often. The trick is getting past some cultural barriers.
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Mar 23, 2011 |
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Support for genetic tests with new study
A majority of Australians would seek testing to establish their genetic susceptibility to depression, despite social stigma and questions about the test’s validity, a national study has found.
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Dec 17, 2010 |
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Helping Chinese with depression
(PhysOrg.com) -- A treatment model designed to accommodate the beliefs and concerns of Chinese immigrants appears to significantly improve the recognition and treatment of major depression in this typically underserved group.
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Nov 23, 2010 |
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Culturally sensitive treatment model helps bring depressed Chinese immigrants into treatment
A treatment model designed to accommodate the beliefs and concerns of Chinese immigrants appears to significantly improve the recognition and treatment of major depression in this typically underserved group. In a report ...
Nov 18, 2010 |
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Veterans with bipolar disorder may have increased risk of suicide
Veterans diagnosed with any psychiatric illness appear to have an elevated risk of suicide, and men with bipolar disorder and women with substance abuse disorders may have a particularly high risk, according to a report in ...
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Nov 01, 2010 |
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Depression not so clear cut for teens
Teenagers think mental illness carries much more stigma than it actually does, according to new research from The Australian National University.
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Oct 12, 2010 |
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e-SMART technologies may help young adults self-manage mental illness
While many young adults will share the details of their daily lives with dozens - sometimes hundreds - of friends on Facebook, communicating with their health care providers about mental illness is another story.
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Study: Mental illness stigma entrenched in American culture; new strategies needed
A joint study by Indiana University and Columbia University researchers found no change in prejudice and discrimination toward people with serious mental illness or substance abuse problems despite a greater embrace by the ...
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Sep 15, 2010 |
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Medical students report critical attitudes about depression among peers, study shows
Medical students experience depression at a higher rate than the general population and attach high levels of stigma to the mental illness, according to U-M research to be published Sept. 15 in the Journal of the American Me ...
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Sep 14, 2010 |
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