Eliminating Stigma - Real Perspectives

Eliminating Stigma Encore Statement  
Joan Mikula, Massachusetts DMH Commissioner

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Karen, a Genesis Club member shares her ideas about eliminating stigma 

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Meg talks about eliminating the stigma associated with mental illness

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Listen to Walter talk about how he thinks we can eliminate stigma around mental illness

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Tania from Transitions RTC talks about how public awareness can fight mental health stigma

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Ken from Genesis Club talks about how employment busts mental illness

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Jason talks about using empathy and compassion to end mental health stigma

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Luke talks about how having a mental illness does not limit you

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Laurel talks about how education can fight the stigma of mental illness.

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Tony, a Genesis Club staff member, gives his thoughts on how to reduce stigma

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Hege gives her thoughts on how to fight stigma. You are not your illness.

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Amanda from Transitions RTC gives her ideas on eliminating mental health stigma

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Jane from Genesis Club talks about her struggle with stigma and mental illness

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Ed talks about how he thinks that the lack of education causes fear and this results in mental health stigma. People need to be educated and talk about mental illness.

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Mike, from Genesis Club, feels that you can help eliminate the stigma against mental illness by empowering yourself

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Stephenie gives her ideas on ways to fight the stigma associated with mental illness.  Mental illness is common and nothing to be afraid of or laughed at

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James strongly believes that ignorance makes it easy for stigma to prosper. He hopes that understanding and acceptance of people who have a mental illness will greatly reduce stigma in the future.

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Rachel Stone from Transitions RTC thinks that our government should create comprehensive legislation and policy to promote mental health and wellness 

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Shaun fights stigma by being an advocate and leading by example

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Albert reminds us that people living with a mentla illness are just like everyone else with the same abilities, wants and needs. 

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Carleen talks about how having a mental illness should not make a person feel "less than".

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Hailey feels that one way to fight stigma is to educate and raise awareness in school settings.

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Kate says that one of the best ways to eliminate stigma is by having a conversation about what having a mental illness really means as a way to correct misinformation and remove the fears that people have about mental illness.

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Maryann Davis speaks about her stigma fighting efforts as both a researcher and in her personal life.

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Jonathan Delman talks about what stigma means to him and how it affects finding a job.

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Kevin Bradley, the Founding Executive Director of Genesis Club speaks about reducing stigma on both a local and global level.

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William Beck fights stigma by example, by the way he does his job and in his roles as a brother, son, worker and volunteer.

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Kay Ann says that we can eliminate stigma anywhere in the world by talking about it.

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Kevin Bradley talks about employment as a way to improve the lives of the mentally ill and to reduce stigma.

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Len Levin, a librarian at UMass Chan Medical School talks about how mental illness is like any other physical illness and how he looks forward to a time when stigma aimed at mental illness is a thing of the past.

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Doug Ziedonis talks about several stigma fighting programs at the medical school and beyond.