International Epilepsy Day marked on 11 February aims to create greater awareness around epilepsy and helping end the stigma and discrimination that sufferers often experience. Novartis South Africa ...

An Air Force deputy wing chaplain holds a tea-light candle Sept. 30, 2020, at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, during an End the Stigma event. (Airman 1st Class Natalie Rubenak/Air Force) On Oct.

Over the past few decades, we’ve come a long way in how we view and talk about mental health. And that should come as no surprise, because 1 in 5 adults in the United States lives with a mental health ...

Ramya Ramadurai, a Ph.D. graduate student in clinical psychology at American University, contributed to this post. Stigma is defined as a mark of shame or discredit. Through sociological labelling ...

Mental health stigma refers to societal disapproval or when society places shame on people who live with a mental illness or seek help for emotional distress, such as anxiety, depression, bipolar ...