Category: Stigma

For Women Suffering from Perinatal OCD, Thoughts Bring Horror

By Krista Post, MA, LP Holding her 9-month-old son, a young mother cries in my office as she describes thoughts of drowning her child. A new mother, just two weeks postpartum, shamefully explains that her own mother is now...

Stand Up to Stigma

Stigma is: prejudiced negative beliefs based on stereotypes of the mentally ill. What can you do? Take a stand to transform discrimination by facing mental health stigma head on. 4 ways to defeat stigma: Be supportive. It is hard...