Posts Tagged ‘Stigma’
Can a Game Fight Mental Health Stigma?
For the progress we’ve made in mental health awareness, there’s still plenty of stigma lingering around. Stigma can be overt, such as in believing that people with mental health conditions are dangerous or should be separated from society. It can also be more subtle, such as in being reluctant to interact with people who have…
Read MoreStigma Toward Borderline Personality Disorder Is Improving
People with borderline personality disorder struggle with symptoms that range from fear of abandonment to difficulties with emotion regulation to self-harm. Unfortunately, they’ve also traditionally struggled with another problem: stigma from mental health care providers. Stereotypically, borderline personality disorder is considered hard to treat, and people with borderline personality disorder are seen by clinicians as…
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