Tag: Stigma
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Kim Kardashian speaks out about Kanye West’s behavior
Kanye West has been displaying symptoms of experiencing a manic episode for (at least) the past month. On Sunday, July 19th, he held his first campaign event, since announcing his presidential run earlier this month, in South Carolina (while wearing a bulletproof vest). There, he misinterpreted Harriet Tubman’s legacy and cried while making remarks about…
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59 Celebrities Who’ve Opened Up About Mental Health To Prove You’re Not Alone
In recent years, we’ve seen a shift in the stigma of mental health in emerging adults with conversations about depression, anxiety, substance use, and more moving from the private to the public sphere. Mental-health issues have always been shrouded in stigma, despite data showing they affect about 18% of American adults. According to the National…
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Culture & Mental Health: Suicide in Japan vs. Suicide among Japanese Americans
MENTAL HEALTH IN JAPAN Japan’s suicide rate is the sixth highest in the world and the second worst among eight major industrialized nations. While the number of people who’ve taken their own life has declined from about 30,000 to 21,897 in 2016, the lowest level in 22 years, there’s an increasing trend of suicide among…
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