"It is time to end all forms of stigma and discrimination against people with mental health conditions, for whom there is double jeopardy: the impact of the primary condition and the severe consequences of stigma."
"What I do know is there are a lot of us fighting. We need understanding and empathy to maintain good physical and mental health. We need support, not shame."
"Anti-stigma programmes are most effective when people with lived experience are involved as co-producers in all aspects of development, and when target groups are consulted on programme content and delivery."
Call to action: The #COVID19 pandemic could have a profound effect on #mentalhealth. 24 leading mental health experts lay out and describe the urgent need for research priorities to be addressed, and for the necessary funding hubs.ly/H0pvZWc0 Thread (1/6)
To inform their research priorities, the authors surveyed a sample of the UK public & people with lived experience of a mental health issue in late March to gain important insight (2/6) @acmedsci@mqmentalhealthacmedsci.ac.uk/COVIDmentalhea…
Research priority 1: the individual psychosocial effects related to #COVID19, such as cognition, emotion, and behaviour, that affect mental health (3/6)