Reducing The Stigma Of Mental Illness So Students Get The Help They Need

Mental health advocate Chris Brownson discusses mental health stigma and believes that “We have the opportunity to change the culture of stigma in mental illness by educating, creating awareness among teachers, empowering school counselors, and being role models for our students.”

#MyYoungerSelf Toolkit for Educators

“As part of our mission to decrease stigma and fear surrounding mental health and learning disorders, the Child Mind Institute asked more than 30 prominent people — from actors to athletes to business leaders — to make videos sharing their personal experiences about growing up with these challenges.”

Changemaker Awards: Active Minds, for Fighting Stigma on Campus

“This network of student-run groups has over 400 sites on high school and college campuses across the country that are fighting Distorted Perceptions by “promoting awareness of mental health, supporting students who are struggling, and help connecting them to counseling. They are changing the environment on campuses by welcoming students to share their suffering and seek help.’”

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“A final piece of the puzzle is the need to overcome the societal stigma of addiction. ‘If you talk to kids in recovery, they will tell you the first time they felt… not necessarily singled out for having a substance use disorder is when they arrived at a recovery school.’”

Stigma by Association: Parents and Families of Individuals with Behavioral Health Conditions

We set out to explore the following questions: How does an individual’s behavioral health experience affect their family? How does stigma impact family members specifically? Can the stigma that family members receive cause them to stigmatize others? And what can families do to minimize the effects of internal and external stigma?

How to Address Mental Health Issues In The Family With Your Children

Resources to Recover talks about the importance of “being patient and learning to communicate the challenges the family member is facing,” providing children with the tools and support to cope with the experiences, and monitoring their well-being throughout the process.

Children of Parents with a Mental Illness- Australia

Children of Parents with a Mental Illness is challenging the internal and external Distorted Perceptions that kids encounter when they have a parent experiencing a behavioral health disorder. A great resource for children and young people! Click the title for youth-targeted educational videos on different types of behavioral health disorders, recovering from these diagnoses, and tips for self care.