Attacking the Stigma Attached to BP and Mental Illness

Mental illness is one of the last surviving stigmas in today's liberal society. Class, race, religion, gender and sexual orientation, are all off-limits now as reasons for discrimination, social exclusion, jokes or disparaging remarks of any kind.

Patient Groups Tackle Stigma Attached To Bipolar Disorder And Other Mental Illnesses With New Tools

Unfortunately, even today, there's still such a stigma attached to people who are mentally ill. I see it all the time at my work place with a guy that is schizophrenic

Unfortunately, too many equate people with mental illness with knife wielding lunatics.