Does more mental health treatment and less stigma produce better mental health?
- Written by Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne
Mental health problems continue to carry a heavy stigma. People who experience them are often feared, excluded, shamed and discriminated against. Overcoming that stigma is a high priority, not least because it’s a barrier to engaging people in treatments that might help them.
People suffering from mental health problems are not the only ones...
