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Health & Fitness > Mental Illness The stigma of a mental health diagnosis

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Now more than ever, we are in an age of political correctness. We are forced watch what we say and how we behave at all times, because one never knows when they will be caught on tape. Pity the person who lets a racial slur or religious affront escape their lips. Yet, even at the height of political correctness and social vigilance, individuals diagnosed with a mental illness continue to be unrelentingly stigmatized.

The media might be the primary culprit in perpetuating this stigma. Scientology affiliated organizations run anti-psychiatry advertisements, magazine articles unrelate...

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