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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here we are in the year 2020 and some things just have not changed.\u00a0 For so many, there is a stigma around seeking and receiving mental health counseling services.\u00a0 For some populations of people, the stigma may be higher.\u00a0 While I am not going to get into details on sex, race, culture or any other specific factor, I am going to discuss some of the considerations behind the stigma and how we can overcome together.<\/p>\n
It is estimated that about one in five individuals in our country suffer from some type of mental health issue (https:\/\/www.nami.org\/mhstats).\u00a0 With the number of individuals experiencing mental health needs being so high, you wouldn’t expect the barrier of stigma to be as prevalent as it is!\u00a0 For some people there is shame and hurt that comes along with receiving mental health care.\u00a0 You may feel that you become less of a person in the way that you identify yourself (male, Asian, Christian, etc.) Some families may have stigmas around associating with family members who have mental health needs.\u00a0 How hard it must be to seek out help when you have been made to believe that there is something wrong with you if you do or that you are a lesser part of the family for doing so.\u00a0 For many there is a fear of isolation from others.\u00a0 Fear of isolation from people, institutions, and legal matters.\u00a0 If you are in the military or were raised in a military family, you know this well.\u00a0 Other careers may reject you too.\u00a0 If you are adopting children, you may fear the rejection of a placement.\u00a0 For some there are fears about losing rights as a result of having a severe mental health need.\u00a0 There are so many reasons that one may feel the realness of stigma associated with mental health care which can keep them from obtaining the support and care that they need.<\/p>\n
So, how do we change that?\u00a0 Awareness is a great start.\u00a0 Even though we are at the end of May and Mental Health Awareness Month, we can still help others know about the great needs of others and that it is okay to seek out help.\u00a0 We can share our own stories. We can help others know that it is possible to have a mental health need and receive mental health care services without becoming less of a person.\u00a0 We can help others by showing them they are not their disability and that they shouldn’t live in isolation by caring about them in ways they understand their value and need in society.\u00a0 We can provide information about about support groups and join in alongside those we care about to share our support for them.\u00a0 We can discuss treatment options with others and address the stigma by being real and providing real information.\u00a0 We can check up on those we care about to see how they are doing while starting and following through with mental health care treatment, which will show others that this is not an issue to be ashamed of.\u00a0 If you are someone who suffers from a mental health issue or suspected mental health issue, you can seek out the support from family, friends, groups, and professionals to show that you are willing to break the stigma associated with mental health needs.<\/p>\n
If you or someone you care about would benefit from mental health care treatment, talk to them and share information about treatment options, providing them with referral sources.\u00a0 Share with them in ways that they will be able to overcome the barrier of stigma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here we are in the year 2020 and some things just have not changed.\u00a0 For so many, there is a stigma around seeking and receiving mental health counseling services.\u00a0 For some populations of people, the stigma may be higher.\u00a0 While I am not going to get into details on sex, race, culture or any other … Continue reading May is Mental Health Awareness Month!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeinhealingfamilyservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeinhealingfamilyservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeinhealingfamilyservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeinhealingfamilyservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeinhealingfamilyservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hopeinhealingfamilyservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeinhealingfamilyservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeinhealingfamilyservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeinhealingfamilyservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}