Impact of Stigma in African American & Immigrant Communities

The stigma of mental conditions in these communities can often lead to individuals believing that having a loved one with a mental illness needs to be kept in the family, which can have massive negative impacts.

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Caregivers from these communities could even hold a stigma of their own due to perceived shame or actual shame from their community and a sense of diminished identity because of being a parent of somebody with a mental health condition.

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