Youth Experience - Stigma of Mental Health / Disability

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Stigma

  • Mark of disgrace, associated with a circumstance, quality or person
  • Met with negative attribute and negative mindset
  • Implicit bias - relatively unconscious automatic, prejudice, judgment, attitude, and behavior towards socially stigmatized groups
  • Met with hate, discrimination, blame, hurtful intent, humiliation and fear
  • Think less of the whole person because of category
  • Public perception of people with mental illness
  • Non parity
  • Fewer resources
  • Alienation
  • Isolation

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