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- Volume 23
- Number 1
- January 2025
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Publication date: 01 January 2025
Pages2–8Stigma has been a pervasive and stubborn part of the mental illness landscape, but it need not be. This article explores the nature of mental health stigma, where it comes from, how it is manifested, how it harms people, and what can be done about it. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20240036Publication date: 01 January 2025
Pages9–18Racial microaggressions and cultural ruptures have a significant impact on mental health care for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities. This article reviews the application of the multicultural counseling orientation framework in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20240034Articles
Publication date: 01 January 2025
Pages19–24Historically, the suicide rates in rural and Indigenous communities have been disproportionately high. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, stigma, mental health workforce shortages, and the diminished health care infrastructure in rural and remote regions have ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20240035Publication date: 01 January 2025
Pages25–32The stigma of mental illness, among a larger set of barriers to help seeking, has been understudied among teens. These barriers and the sources of support were examined through an online survey with 1,428 U.S. 13- to 17-year-olds. Data were analyzed using ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20240029Publication date: 01 January 2025
Pages33–39Mental health experts recognize that comprehensive communications programs play a role in addressing the mental health crisis in the United States. In order to reframe discourses around mental health, reduce stigma, and increase prioritization of mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.2024003921st-Century Psychiatrist
Publication date: 01 January 2025
Pages40–43The United States is experiencing a mental health crisis, with COVID-19 increasing the prevalence of mental health concerns and demand for services, but also leaving millions without care, including many who do not know that treatment is needed or ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20240030Publication date: 01 January 2025
Pages44–48Artificial intelligence (AI) scribes for clinical documentation are likely to be among the first AI tools to affect the day-to-day practice of psychiatry, yet many psychiatrists are unfamiliar with them. This article introduces psychiatrists to AI scribes,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20240024Ask the Expert
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Publication date: 01 January 2025
Pages70–84Background: ‘Intersectional stigma’ is a concept that has emerged to characterize the convergence of multiple stigmatized identities within a person or group, and to address their joint effects on health and wellbeing. While enquiry into the intersections ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.25023006Publication date: 01 January 2025
Pages85–93Background: There is a rich literature on the nature of mental health-related stigma and the processes by which it severely affects the life chances of people with mental health problems. However, applying this knowledge to deliver and evaluate ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.25023004Publication date: 01 January 2025
Pages98–118Background: Increasing rates of mental health problems among adolescents are of concern. Teens who are most in need of mental health attention are reluctant to seek help. A better understanding of the help-seeking in this population is needed to overcome ...
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