No Illness, Mental Or Physical, Is Shameful
By Sheri Thomas “Two-Pound Baby Wins Life Fight,” was the front-page headline of the Feb. 21, 1962 edition of the...
Mental Illness Is Not A Joke: Fighting Stigma In Pop Culture
By NAMI Staff In a segment of his show “Real Time with Bill Maher,” famed comedian, television host and political...
Unpacking Narcissism And Stigma
By Jackson Newsome, Psy.D I was walking through the self-help section of a bookstore. A title caught my eye: “Disarming...
DID Stories Are Riddled With Stigma: I Want To Tell A More Accurate One
By Tyler James Russell One night in college, my friend (I’ll call Alex) told me about a traumatic moment in...
Addressing The Lack Of Diversity In The Mental Health Field
By Rebecca Kim Despite our nation’s growing diversity and the disproportionately higher rate at which people of color (POC) experience...
Developing Effective Anti-Stigma Interventions
By Katherine Ponte, JD, MBA, CPRP As mental health experts and people living with mental illness know all too well,...