STIGMA AND MENTAL ILLNESS: WHY DOES IT EXIST?

• August 26, 2016,
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One of the most damaging effects of psychiatric illness is the experience of stigma. Stigmatization is the social rejection of those with mental illness. This may be seen in the tendency to ridicule or shun those with mental illness. It is see..

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Moving Beyond a Sense of Guilt

• January 11, 2021,
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Vol 10 #2 Caroline Giroux, MD, FRCPC Author information: Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA, [email protected] Every year around December, there seems to be ..

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WE NEED TO FACE 2022 WITH COURAGE AND SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY

• January 4, 2022,
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  JPR Vol 11 #2 January 5, 2022 Authors Alan Eppel MB, FRCPC Senior Editor Professor of Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster Univer..

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Psychiatry Race and Culture

• February 26, 2023,
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Journal of Psychiatry Reform vol. 10 #2, February 2023 Author Alan Eppel  MB, FRCPC Orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4880-4097 Introduction Psychiatry at its core concerns the relationship between people. All diagnostic and therapeutic inter..

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Civilization and Its Discontents: Understanding Human Aggression and War

• January 6, 2024,
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Journal of Psychiatry Reform vol. 11 #1, January 2024 Author Information Alan Eppel MB, FRCPC   ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4880-4097 The author has no conflicts of interest. The year 2024 begins in a perilous atmosphere. Across the globe..

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Review of “Gasping for Air and Grasping Air in Medicine: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion on the Medical Frontlines,” Edited by Mariam Abdurrahman, Ana Hategan, and Caroline Giroux.

• March 19, 2024,
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Journal of Psychiatry Reform vol. 11 #3, March 2024 James A. Bourgeois, O.D., M.D. Author Information Vice Chair, Hospital Psychiatry Services, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University o..

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