This AI-assisted conversation takes a deep dive into Bob Merberg’s excerpted presentation, given to a group of employees around the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, about mental health stigma.
Unfortunately, for all the preoccupation with mental health stigma the last few years, many people presenting as mental health advocates haven’t studied the topic at all. As a result, they may do more to perpetuate stigma than to raise awareness of it.
Especially valuable in this discussion is the relationship between public stigma and self-stigma
The video (an audio recording with slides) the podcast presenters refer to is available on YouTube: Mental Health Stigma — Explained by Bob Merberg.
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