Word: stigmas
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...filmmakers follow her as her mother breaks the news that she has the disease that killed her father, and that eventually she will die of it as well. The film relies on pregnant pauses to punctuate the gravity of Nisha’s situation, exacerbated by the great social stigma attached to AIDS. Her mother looks on while Nisha is dancing or playing with her peers, with a desperation that haunts...
...AIDS advocates. Eager to make it a centerpiece of his “compassionate conservative” agenda, President Bush lauds the initiative every chance he gets. In his recent World AIDS Day Proclamation he called it a “work of mercy [that] will help overcome fear, stigma, and discrimination and create a cycle of hope and promise that will benefit millions...
...students’ well-being, I was distressed by the language he used and the tactics he intended to employ in addressing issues of mental health (Op-ed, “Understanding Mental Health at Harvard—Together,” Nov. 17). Hyman insists that reducing stigma is central to ensuring the recognition and treatment of mental health “problems”—and doesn’t note the painful irony inherent in his statements. Central to destigmatization is empathic response; there is no empathy in referring to the complexities of an individual?...
Insurance plans currently do not include equal coverage for mental health care, compared to other types of care, partially because of a stigma hindering people from demanding parity, Frank said...
...University? Over the last five years, several committees have been appointed to study the problem and recommend improvements to our care system. And, indeed, mental health care on campus has improved. But there remains much work to do. We must increase education about mental disorders, decrease stigma and provide an environment both in which problems will be detected early—when they are most readily corrected—and in which treatment is available and delivered, using the highest evidence-based standards...