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Harold Maio
Member since Aug 6, 2014
Recent Comments
Re: “Cheryl Hanna's Suicide Confirms Mental Health Problems in Vermont”
--- "She was worried about the stigma associated with that and how it may have an effect on her career."
You chose that statement, clearly indicating you hold this prejudice in your mind. Remove it, each time you repeat it you harm.
---"I never heard of these things until now because of the taboo surrounding the issue, and that sense of shame that is associated with it."
You chose this one, too. I regret you hold those prejudices.
---about the stigma still attached to seeking help for a mental health problem
You have made yourself perfectly clear.
Harold A. Maio, retired mental health editor
Posted by
Harold Maio
on 08/06/2014 at 7:31 PM
Re: “ME2/Orchestra Expands Its Mission”
----Me2/ strives to eliminate stigma around mental illness
Which it cannot do so long as it maintains there is one.