The Stigma of Mental Illness: How to Overcome It
Overcoming the stigma of mental illness is not easy
Overcoming the stigma of mental illness is not easy
Happiness comes and goes, it is fleeting!
Remission in symptoms can be life-changing.
I am a survivor
A front-row view of High School in the early 2000s
I approached the front desk and said, ‘I have a mental Illness.
Seeing and hearing are only two senses
Take responsibility for your winter years
I suggest adults cry more often
Joy comes in all forms and feels transcendent wherever I experience Life, with or without a mental illness.
My birthday just passed.
Everyone knows you have problems
Patients are triggered by treatment providers without empathy
We also need to think about what practice means given the current state regulatory instruments
Careful about managing my schizophrenia symptoms
This trend defies the age-old image of ‘mentally ill’ folks pacing around outside their treatment center or a hospital smoking like chimneys
Sometimes, I felt guilty about keeping my mental health to myself.
The mental health system brutally violated Vitor’s rights.
With thoughts moving at breakneck speed, at 16, I did not see an end to the downward spiral. I was on a band trip with my high school in the nation’s capital. In 1998, I was without sleep for at least 14 straight days. The antics of my […]
The OBDH (Observatorio Brasileiro de Diretos Humanos) have been working intensively ever since its creation helping and supporting all Brazilian peopl
The reasons are so multifaceted and nuanced, flagrant, and most assuredly un peers like
After Francisco’s passing family started researching and seeking the truth behind Francisco’s sudden death, they learned that he was not the only victim and was not an isolated case.
On June 17, 2021, in Brazil, Police invaded a home and, with three shots, killed Hamilton Cesar Lima Bandeira, a 23 years old young man with a history of intellectual disabilities. According to his mother: ‘the police, after killing Hamilton Cesar with the three shots, police officers dragged […]
Dictate what you want to do in life
Vavá is a young man with the mental disorder Schizophrenia
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