Mental Health Lesson Plans

The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) reports that “many people living with mental illness say the stigma they face is often worse than the illness itself.” In the context of these lessons, the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA) deines stigma as “a cluster of negative attitudes and beliefs that motivates the general public to fear, reject, avoid and dis-criminate against … ................
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