October 20, 2015

Stigma still surrounds mental illness across the globe, says UBC professor Peter Klein in an article in the Globe and Mail.

Klein added that a project of the UBC International Reporting Program found that in many countries, mental illness is often regarded with fear and superstition, due mostly to lack of knowledge about what mental illness means.

“Ignorance is the cause. Science and education are the cure,” Klein said.

http://news.ubc.ca/2015/10/20/ignorance-drives-the-global-stigma-of-mental-illness/