What Are The Current Issues Relating To Mental Health and Mental Illness?
Many key informants highlighted the impact living in poverty has on individuals with mental illness. They also highlighted the role stigma plays in creating poor social status for people with mental illness. Participants also identified stigma as a key factor in accessing services and later in reintegrating into the community, post-treatment. For example, stigma was cited as an underlying cause supporting the “re-criminalization” of mental illness and addictions through actions such as enforced treatment and imprisonment.
