This Video Gets to the Heart of Mental Health Stigma
A big part of the Take This mission is fighting mental health stigma both in the gaming community and beyond it. For us, that means a lot of things, including…
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5 Times Costume Retailers Tried to Make Mental Health Stigma Sexy
Read More[font_text link=”” icon=”star” color=”dark” size=”small” border=”off” spin=”off”]Content warning: Discussion of suicide, eating disorders and self harm.[/font_text] Last week, Walmart came under fire for one of its Halloween costume accessories: the…
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This Group Helps Koreans Appreciate Life By Roleplaying Death
Read More[font_text link=”” icon=”star” color=”dark” size=”small” border=”off” spin=”off”] Content warning: discussion of suicide. [/font_text] Kill Me, Heal Me is a short documentary by MEL Films exploring mental health stigma in Korea.…
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As It Turns Out, Games Aren’t Great at Depicting Mental Health Issues
Read More“Has anybody spawned in a mental hospital and had something good happen to them?” was a rhetorical question asked by Kelli Dunlap during her PAX East talk last week, and…
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Report Finds that Stigma is Still a Serious Problem
Read MoreImage credit: Matthew Wiebe With a new depression or anxiety awareness campaign cropping up on a near-daily basis, it’s tempting to believe that we’re all well and truly aware. So…
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One Author Brings Neurodiversity to the Apocalypse
Read MoreIf you’re neurotypical and able-bodied, apocalyptic scenarios can be fun thought exercises. You probably know the one: where would you go if the dead were rising? A wholesale warehouse, the…
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Schizophrenia and the Stigma We Ignore
Read MoreWe talk a lot about the stigma of mental illness these days, and not just here–not a day goes by without some new effort to raise awareness of depression or…
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Should Depression Be Looked at Like Misery or Biology?
Read MoreBiology is a common theme in the efforts to destigmatize mental health issues. We tell people to think of depression like cancer, or a broken limb: you wouldn’t mock someone…