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Talking About Menstruation

Susan Kim | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Health, Stigma, Pad, Feminine Hygiene, Tampons, Period, Menstruation, Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation, Living News
Susan Kim

Why is menstruation still such a taboo subject? It's high time for a little more transparency. Let's perform a communal end-run around the usual secrecy and embarrassment

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Writing "Beyond Blue": Keeping My End of the Bargain

Therese Borchard | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Stigma, Suicide, Depression, Psychiatry, Writing, Authors, Anxiety, Mental Illness, Books, Mood Disorders, Beyond Blue, Therapy, Books News
Therese Borchard

Here I am. With my mission: to educate folks about mental illness and to offer support to those who, like myself, suffer from mood disorders.

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Cervix Not Required: An Interview with Dr. Adina Nack

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Stigma, HPV Vaccine, Hpv, Council on Contemporary Families, Merck, Gardasil, Public Health, Fda Approval, Men's Health, Fda, Sexuality, Vaccines, Human Papillomavirus, Women's Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Marketing, Sexually Transmitted Infections, HPV Vaccination for Boys, Cervical Cancer Vaccine, Cervical Cancer, Living News
Abby L. Ferber

Last Friday, the FDA approved the HPV vaccine for use in boys and men. Why is Gardasil only now being approved for males, when it was approved three years ago for females?

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Mental Illness Awareness Week Is Nothing to Celebrate -- In Fact, It Doesn't Even Exist

DJ Jaffe | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Nimh, Stigma, Mental Illness, Bipolar Disorder, Mentally Ill, Fuller Torrey, Schizophrenia, Samhsa, Mental Illness Awareness Week, Living News
DJ Jaffe

Right now, well meaning mental health advocates are busy hosting events to reduce the "stigma" of mental illness. Except that there is no 'stigma' to having a mental illness. There is discrimination.

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Reversing The Stigma Of HIV In Jamaica: Ida's Story (VIDEO)

World Focus | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: Stigma, Micah Fink, The Glass Closet, Lisa Biagiotti, Pulitzer Center, Gay Jamaicans, HIV/AIDS, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Jamaica, Gabrielle Weiss, Discrimination, Aids, World News

Ida Northover is known fondly in her community as "Miss Gene." She is a volunteer community leader battling stigma and discrimination in one of the ...

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Veteran Stigma: "What Does My Country think of Me?"

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stigma, Mental Health, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Veterans Affairs, Afghanistan, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Penn State University, Air Force, War in Iraq, Veterans, Department of Homeland Security, Iraq War, U.S. Coast Guard, Marines, Army, Janet Napolitano, Department of Veterans Affairs, Defense Department, US Navy, Politics News
Luis Carlos Montalván

The stigma that veterans face has turned into widespread employment discrimination, precisely at a time when getting a job is especially difficult.

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Susan Boyle Needs Your Friendship and Support

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Support, Friend, Stigma, Emotional Disorder, Mental Health, Entertainment, Mental Illness, Friendship, Susan Boyle, Brain Research, Health, Discrimination, Nervous Breakdown, Britain’s Got Talent, Breaking Living News, Priory, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

The emotional fallout of Susan Boyle's unexpected and disappointing defeat on Saturday night was clearly devastating. The front-runner failed to take ...

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Our New President

Quinn Bradlee | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Learning Disabilities, Barack Obama, Stigma, Challenges, Presidential Oath, Obama Inauguration, President Obama, Obama Oath of Office, Oath of Office, African-Americans, Chris Matthews, African Americans, Obama Oath, Living News
Quinn Bradlee

As someone who lives with learning disabilities, Obama's ability to transcend stigma and bridge gaps in our society has made me feel part of the world.

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On MLK Day: I, Too, Have a Dream

Therese Borchard | Posted 02.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Illness, Stigma, Therese Borchard, Depression, Mental Health, Beyond Blue, MLK Day, Living News
Therese Borchard

In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.:I have a dream that one day I won't hold my breath every time I tell a person that I suffer from bipolar dis...

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Feeling Left Out

Quinn Bradlee | Posted 01.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Stigma, Health, Learning Disabilities, Happiness, Living News
Quinn Bradlee

I already have a motivation problem; I have a hard getting things done. If a friend asks me to come out with him I say no. I don't know why I do that, I think at this point it is really just a habit.

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