Sentences with phrase «stereotypes about mental illness»

Inaccurate, unbalanced or sensationalist stories about mental illness can reinforce common myths and stereotypes about mental illness and impact significantly on people experiencing mental illness.

In our society, there still exist a lot of stereotypes about mental illness, and because people either don't want to deal with it or they've been hurt, they will choose to avoid opening up about it.

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It should communicate an understanding of the nature of mental illness that will help to erase the inaccurate stereotypes about it (that is, it should include facts showing that the proportion of mentally ill persons who are wild and destructive is about the same as the proportion of planes that crash as compared with the total number of planes that fly.)

She also urges mental - illness patients to use cognitive tools, such as challenging their own assumptions about what they are capable of and not listening to internal stereotypes.

I asked this question on my Facebook page, The Muslim MFT, and here are the answers I received: finances, stereotypes about counseling and mental illness and even emotional problems, shame, lack of trust, spouse not willing to go, fear of being exposed, fear of the unknown, time, not a priority, stigma, fear of facing the truth, family and peer pressure, and thinking it won't work.

Inaccurate, unbalanced or sensationalist stories about mental illness can reinforce common myths and stereotypes and impact significantly on people experiencing mental illness in the community.