Grateful to @WillBynumMD and @AcadMedJournal for the opportunity to contribute to this important piece. We explore how perfectionism and power drive mental illness stigma in #meded. Dismantling stigma will require courage and action.
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In a profession devoted to empathy, why has mental health stigma become enculturated and how is its presence maintained?
Like Dr. Brower shares, "if we cause and perpetuate stigma, then we control the solutions." journals.lww.com/academicmedici…
Like Dr. Brower shares, "if we cause and perpetuate stigma, then we control the solutions." journals.lww.com/academicmedici…
1) A culture of perfection - field by high stakes assessment paradigms, identity compartmentalization, and fear of help seeking.
2) An unequal distribution of power that leads to disproportionately negative impacts of stigma on certain groups compared to others.
3) Structural stigma - policy and regulation that inhibits help and treatment seeking and adversely affects those who disclose their mental health or substance use struggles.
Dismantling stigma requires honouring our shared vulnerability like Dr. Kirch did in his brilliant piece here. journals.lww.com/academicmedici…
We must replace intolerance with acceptance;
perfectionism with vulnerability;
judgment with grace;
and hiding with sharing
perfectionism with vulnerability;
judgment with grace;
and hiding with sharing
"If maintaining power and hierarchy leads us to suffer in the shadows, we must embrace the emancipatory power of disclosure."
"If we are going to break our culture of silence...we must dismantle structural forms of stigma and build systems where help seeking is celebrated and facilitated instead of punished."
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