Obama calls for end to mental illness stigma
Obama calls for end to mental illness stigma President Barack Obama said Monday that he wants to end the stigma of mental illness and enrolled the star power of actors Bradley Cooper and Glenn Close at a White House conference organized in response to the December shootings at a Connecticut elementary school.
Social stigma remains a persistent barrier to good mental health because of misconceptions about the causes and nature of mental illness, says the Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah.