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Mental Health Information

HereSince1628

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2. In the UK people believe mentally illness causes the greatest discrimination.

Reply to postatomic (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 11:25 PM

Nov 2014

In the US people are surprisingly ignorant of the level of discrimination aimed at the mentally disordered

Those 80-90% unemployment rates mentioned in the what I posted the other day aren't simply self-inflicted.

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Massachusetts NAMI chapter survey on attitudes toward mental illness [View all] HereSince1628 Nov 2014 OP

"Ninety percent strongly believe people with mental illness face significant prejudice." postatomic Nov 2014 #1

In the UK people believe mentally illness causes the greatest discrimination. HereSince1628 Nov 2014 #2