Erasing stigma needed in mental health care
Family, community attitudes deter depressed, suicidal people from getting effective help
SHAME GAME Close ties among residents of one affluent town have led to intense pressures for kids to achieve and keep emotional troubles to themselves, contributing to a recent string of suicides, researchers say. Stigma that discourages help-seeking also arises in the families of many depressed individuals, other scientists find.
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