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The Ugly Truth About Mental Health Stigma

Stop Abuse Campaign

In 2020, mental health statistics showed that 1 in 5 American adults experienced a mental health issue, 1 in 6 young people experienced a major depressive episode, and 1 in 20 Americans lived with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression. Communications Major. Psychiatry.org). Bisma Abedin.

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Guest Post: Interview with Randye Kaye: Podcast Co-Host of Schizophrenia: 3 Moms in the Trenches and Author of Ben Behind His Voices: One Family’s Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope and Happier Made Simple: Choose Your Words

Bipolar Bandit

Randye Kaye is the co-creator and host of the popular podcast, Schizophrenia: 3 Moms in the Trenches. She has spoken at CIT International, American Psychiatric Association, APNA, and The Missouri Behavioral Health Council. Her son, Ben, has been hospitalized over ten times for schizophrenia. Seems scattered, right?

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Do Beliefs about Biology Matter for Mental Health?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Although originally expected to reduce social stigma and blame, many biological messages about psychiatric disorders like depression have had the opposite effect (Haslam & Kvaale, 2015; Lebowitz, 2014). World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association , 13 (1), 36–38. Weinberger, D. R., & Goldberg, T.