9 in 10 people with mental condition record high levels of discrimination

This new report from RAND researchers highlights both the need to confront stigma, and the opportunity to promote mental health in our state with the statewide stigma reduction efforts offered by CalMHSA, says Wayne Clark, executive director of CalMHSA. The writers say that the new California Well-Being Survey is the initial population-based survey to look at people who are currently experiencing mental health problems or are in danger from them but who may not have received treatment. Majority of respondents consider the mentally ill face high amounts of prejudice. The behavioral scientists found that just 41% of respondents believed that individuals are caring and sympathetic toward individuals with mental illnesses, while an enormous 81% considered that people that have mental illnesses experience high levels of prejudice and discrimination. More than two thirds of respondents stated that they would definitely or probably conceal a mental health problem they were experiencing from
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