Mental Health and Public Policy

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder, not a mental health disorder.

Suicide is the leading cause of death among people with serious mental illness, accounting for more than twice the number of deaths from heart disease, cancer, and stroke combined.

Surgery is not a common treatment for mental health disorders.

Superstition is the belief that mental illness is caused by supernatural forces.

Structural stigma is not a type of mental health stigma. It refers to the ways in which social institutions and policies create and maintain social inequalities.

Destigmatization is the process of reducing mental health stigma.

Punishing people with mental illness is not a goal of mental health public policy.

Fear is the belief that people with mental illness are dangerous.

Healthcare discrimination is not a type of mental health discrimination. It refers to the ways in which people with mental illness are denied access to healthcare services.

Integration is the process of increasing access to mental health care.

Direct services is not a type of mental health advocacy. It refers to the provision of mental health services to individuals and families.

Stereotype is the belief that mental illness is a sign of weakness.

Punitive measures are not a type of mental health public policy intervention.

Stereotype is the belief that people with mental illness are lazy.

Direct services is not a type of mental health stigma reduction strategy. It refers to the provision of mental health services to individuals and families.