Why Mental Health Stigma Matters: Real Stories of Depression, Shame, and Silence

The phrase "stigma of mental illness" is at once overused and misunderstood. What does it really mean? Why does it matter? Why should I care? In the second of four episodes in our monthlong look at how negative associations with mood disorder diagnoses negatively impact those of us who live with them, we ask a number of past guests if stigma is evident to them, and if so, in what ways. www.mhanational.org/b4stage4-philosophy https://www.findthemind.org/articles/why-is-there-so-much-stigma-surrounding-mental-illness