Mental Health awareness
Societal prejudice that can prevent people in
need from speaking up or seeking help
(There is a chapter on campus: namiucb@gmail.com)
Mental illness can affect anyone, regardless of
intelligence, social class, or income level.
What percentage of students with a mental health condition age 14–21 drop out of school?
While public stigma is the most prominent form of stigma (Corrigan, 2011), there is another form of stigma that is detrimental to one's mental health
In the April issue of Vogue, this singer revealed that after canceling the end of her Revival tour last summer to check into a treatment facility in Tennessee (“I was depressed, anxious. I started to have panic attacks right before getting on-stage, or right after leaving the stage”), she gave up her cell phone to engage in 90 days of individual and group therapy with a small number of young women.
The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination (including mental illness) based on disability in 1990
This is a type of psychotherapy which has become a crucial part of psychology. While it was originally formulated as a treatment for depression, it is now involved in the treatment of many different disorders.
The Oscar-winning star admitted he feels compelled to walk through doorways numerous times and step on sidewalk stains left by used chewing gum (one of the movies he is most famous for is Titanic)
This manual is published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and offers a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders. It is used, or relied upon, by clinicians, researchers, psychiatric drug regulation agencies, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, the legal system, and policy makers together.
This New York Giants wide receiver calls mental health awareness and acceptance “the civil rights movement of our era.” He was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in 2011.