Tag: stigmatising labels
Breaking with Disorder: The Invisible Flames of Mental Illness Labels
These labels left me docile to a broken mental health systemâa carceral system that viewed me interchangeably as a patient or an object, but never a person.
Psychiatry, Society and Stigma: Placing the Blame Where It Belongs
I believe that those who understand psychiatryâs self-serving claims and want to be most effective in a campaign of re-education must never lose sight of the critical role of language in the forming of public opinion. Here I will use the example of stigma to illustrate psychiatry's âWar of the Words.â
âFull Moral Statusâ Part II: How to Achieve Safety, Parity, and...
If you want to leave the system and the drugs and get your diagnosis removed, the following guide might stimulate some effective action. Like with many of life's challenges, having excellent re$ources could potentially gain these results more quickly, but the most important elements are attitude, awareness and strategy.
Stigmatizing Language in Medical Records Affects Patient Care
From Medical Xpress: A recent study found that the language used in a patientâs chart notes may affect how well that patient is treated, and how...
It’s All in the Approach: Compassionately Shifting Language
In this piece for HuffPost, Brooke M. Feldman discusses the importance of shifting language around mental health and addiction in a compassionate way that does...
To the Heart of the Matter, Part III: The Critical Nature...
If we are going to really make a difference in the world of mental health stigma, we must get to the heart of the matter. All people deserve compassionate, honest care. All people, stigmatized and stigmatizers, deserve to be heard, understood, and valued, no matter what worth that society may place on them. I am my brotherâs keeper. You are mine.
To the Heart of the Matter, Part II:Â Perceptions of Public and...
Public perception of mental health stigma does not entirely reflect a reality that exists. Many of you reading this that have experienced truly negative reactions from others (due to mental health concerns and/or treatment) may be angered or offended by this proposition. However, no one (especially myself) is saying that stigma is not a serious concern that doesnât need to be addressed. It is. Although in some ways I do feel that people can seek out treatment with less apprehension today than decades ago, there is no doubt that many still experience negative reactions (intentionally or unintentionally) from what others perceive in them.
Culturally Numb
Experiencing emotional pain is a necessary part of life. Emotional pain often contains valuable lessons to help us on our journeys. We need to make sure we are not numbing our hearts to those that are hurting. We need to de-stigmatize the struggles, joys and pains that come with being human. We need to not just mindlessly pursue happiness - though we might think of that as an inalienable right - and avoid pain. We need to do the only thing that brings true joy: embrace all of life and each other, as we experience together all that makes us human.