It wasn’t that long ago that mental health issues were viewed as a punishment from the gods or even demonic possession. Negative attitudes about mental illness persisted well into the 1800’s. During the mid 1800’s, mental health became recognized as...
Mental health awareness and the fight against stigma have become powerful movements in recent years, and thankfully – at least in the U.S. – people with mental illness are no longer condemned to cruelty in forced institutionalization or considered broken....