Word: stigmas
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Mascali said he personally knows a lot of people who have been hurt and frustrated by the campaign, especially in their target of “elective” abortions, which he feels only furthers the stigma against the practice...
...prefer not to have their chronic illness, simply because it's high maintenance. With a mental illness, it's confusing. It's disorienting. It's profoundly psychologically affecting. It affects your identity. It affects your feeling about who you get to be in society, because there is an enormous stigma attached to it. I don't think anyone would choose to be associated with something that many people see as helpless, hopeless, freakish. However, the flip side of that is having this illness has really forced me to become extremely responsible. It also really forces me to be very, very...
...than half reported they believe others would think less of them if they sought out counseling, and most surveyed said they have rarely or never spoken even to family and friends about mental health issues. These numbers show "there's still a long way to go towards reducing the stigma surrounding care," says APA board member Dr. Mary Helen Davis...
...asked whether they've undergone therapy within the last seven years. The most recent data showed less than 1% of some 800,000 people investigated in 2006 were denied solely due to their mental health profiles, according to the Associated Press. Still, the new change seeks to ease the stigma throughout the military regarding mental health problems...
...school was diverse, and it was possible, if unusual, to break through the traditional macho-man mentality, and participate in other, less traditional, masculine pastimes—like the arts. Sumorwuo K. Zaza ’11, who attended the all-boys Delbarton School in N.J., recalls a similar stigma surrounding his high school experience. According to Zaza, the stereotypes “come with the territory. It’s so much athletics and manliness. There was a certain pressure to be the best at what you do.”Although both boys noted a certain pressure...