What can be done about the stigma of mental illnesses?
Bring mental illness into the open and think about it like other illnesses or conditions. Educate the community to overcome attitudes based on misconceptions. Promote mental health by nourishing healthy attitudes through early childhood and adult life, and learn ways to deal with trauma in relationships, situations and events. Encourage research into mental illnesses to assist understanding of how these illnesses affect people and how they can be prevented. Assist friends and relatives with a mental illness to obtain care and treatment. Talk about mental illnesses openly with everyone you meet -it is surprising how many people are affected by mental illness, but have been too afraid of rejection to discuss it openly. Provide high-quality support and treatment services that enable people with a mental illness to participate fully in all aspects of community life. Address discrimination in every area of life, including employment, education and the provision of goods, services and facili
