Article Title
How to Talk about Mental Health: Addressing Misunderstandings about Mental Health in the Media
Document Type
Transitions ACR
Publication Date
2019-09-06
DOI
10.7191/pib.1136
Abstract
This tip sheet was developed as a collaboration between the Massachusetts Statewide Youth Advisory Council (SYAC) and the Learning and Working Center at the Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research (TACR) to clear up some common misunderstandings about mental health conditions and to share strategies to talk about mental health in a more accurate and more helpful way! Read on to learn more about mental health.
Subject Area
Transition Age Youth
Keywords
transition age youth, stigma, stigma busting, mental health ally, person-first language, mental health myths, mental health facts, young adults, SYAC, MA DMH
Recommended Citation
Golden, L., Joel Danforth, & Massachusetts Statewide Youth Advisory Council (2019). How to Talk about Mental Health: Addressing Misunderstandings about Mental Health in the Media. Psychiatry Information in Brief, 16 (3). https://doi.org/10.7191/pib.1136
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