Felix Arroyo Holds Anti-Stigma Hearing on Mental Illness
Boston City Councilor Felix Arroyo held a hearing addressing how to get rid of the stigma surrounding mental illness in the Boston area.
At-Large Boston City Councilor Felix Arroyo held a hearing addressing the stigma surrounding mental health on Tuesday evening. “Many feel uncomfortable talking about this topic and many may feel symptoms they do not seek help for because of there is a stigma attached,” Arroyo said. “It is easy for people to say ‘I am an asthmatic,’ but it is harder to say ‘I have mental illness.’ And we need to work to get rid of that stigma because it is the quickest way to allow folks to seek help.” According to a 2011 report from Boston Board of Health Commission study, nine percent of adults in Boston in 2010 reported persistent symptoms of depressions, meaning that they felt sad or depressed for longer than 14 days within a month. In 2009, 30 percent …
MoonBeamWatcher
1:33 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Access to proper mental health care is what is needed! Video games that hone a childes instinct for adventure and vilence should have a 'mental health tax' similar to what is placed on smokers! Stigma, smigma . . . certainly if the young man who slaughtered those little children in Newtown CT had access to proper mental health care we would not all be with such heavy hearts this Christmas! To … more ›