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How can stigma negatively impact the health of people, or just generally impact people with a mental illness? so stigma can be a person's discomfort with dealing with someone with a mental illness, about talking about mental illness, or it could be false negative beliefs about somebody who has a mental illness.
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So different ways this might affect people.
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Well, it can affect them directly via social isolation.
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So if people are afraid of the mental illness or uncomfortable, they may isolate that person and not talk to them, not invite them to things.
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It can even be as bad as discrimination.
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So people might not want to hire somebody with a mental illness because of beliefs they have about that.
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It could also manifest as reluctance to seek treatment in the person with the mental illness.
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If you've experienced a lot of stigma, you might not be willing to seek treatment if you have symptoms of mental illness.
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So, reluctance and also difficulty with seeking treatment...