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Mental health is a very important aspect of any human’s health. A person should not only take care of his or her physical fitness but also their mental well-being as well. Just like an individual may fall prey to any physical ailment, in a similar manner, mental illnesses can also harm the overall health of a person. In fact, both sides of the story are inter-connected, if a person is suffering from some physical ailment, he or she will have naturally have mental disturbance and vice versa.

However, the sad part is that mental illness or issues are highly underrated. In fact, the mental issues are not only underrated and underestimated but also greatly stigmatized ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"n10vjOBW","properties":{"formattedCitation":"({\\i{}Breaking the Stigma and Shame of Mental Illness | Kitty Westin | TEDxFargo}, n.d.)","plainCitation":"(Breaking the Stigma and Shame of Mental Illness | Kitty Westin | TEDxFargo, n.d.)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":49,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/aDSOzgCJ/items/VVDRADWG"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/aDSOzgCJ/items/VVDRADWG"],"itemData":{"id":49,"type":"motion_picture","abstract":"Suicide leads to over 44,000 deaths each year in the U.S. Stigma against people with mental illness is a major contributor to this unacceptably high mortality rate. Kitty uses heartbreaking true stories and scientific facts to help the audience understand ways to challenge their thinking and join the fight to reduce stigma and shame. Kitty Westin, a licensed psychologist, founded the Anna Westin Foundation (now known as The Emily Program Foundation) following the death from anorexia of her daughter, Anna, in 2000. Soon after Anna’s death the foundation opened Minnesota’s first residential treatment program for eating disorders; The Anna Westin House. Kitty is an advocate for people affected by eating disorders and has become a nationally and internationally recognized authority on the impact mental illness has on individuals, their families and the community. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx","dimensions":"10:25","source":"YouTube","title":"Breaking the Stigma and Shame of Mental Illness | Kitty Westin | TEDxFargo","URL":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsRF8xGgbPA","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2020",1,30]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Breaking the Stigma and Shame of Mental Illness | Kitty Westin | TEDxFargo, n.d.). People suffering from various mental illnesses are misunderstood and even tagged with different names. Medical practitioners and mental health professionals play a very vital role in this scenario. It is said that “Community mental health and medical humanities benefit from the efforts of community psychiatry and mental health (primary) care.” I think this statement is absolutely true and stands to be valid to a great extent.

A medical health practitioner, a doctor or a mental health specialist plays a great role in shaping up the perception of the society regarding a specific disease, especially mental disorders. If the mental health specialist or the psychologist encourages the patient in the understanding of the disease, the patient can recover much faster ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"N5237Kak","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Lewis, n.d.)","plainCitation":"(Lewis, n.d.)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":50,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/aDSOzgCJ/items/2XCTCYEC"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/aDSOzgCJ/items/2XCTCYEC"],"itemData":{"id":50,"type":"article-journal","abstract":"Narrating Our Sadness with a Little Help from Humanities","language":"en","source":"www.academia.edu","title":"Narrating Our Sadness with a Little Help from Humanities","URL":"https://www.academia.edu/19962483/Narrating_Our_Sadness_with_a_Little_Help_from_Humanities","author":[{"family":"Lewis","given":"Bradley"}],"accessed":{"date-parts":[["2020",1,30]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Lewis, n.d.). In addition to this, these professionals should play a role in normalizing the concepts of mental illnesses so that people stop misunderstanding and stigmatizing mental illnesses ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"RRBJxfMX","properties":{"formattedCitation":"({\\i{}What is the impact of mental health-related stigma on help-seeking? A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core}, n.d.)","plainCitation":"(What is the impact of mental health-related stigma on help-seeking? A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core, n.d.)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":52,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/aDSOzgCJ/items/Y7ZCIUVH"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/aDSOzgCJ/items/Y7ZCIUVH"],"itemData":{"id":52,"type":"webpage","title":"What is the impact of mental health-related stigma on help-seeking? A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core","URL":"https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/what-is-the-impact-of-mental-healthrelated-stigma-on-helpseeking-a-systematic-review-of-quantitative-and-qualitative-studies/E3FD6B42EE9815C4E26A6B84ED7BD3AE","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2020",1,30]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (What is the impact of mental health-related stigma on help-seeking? A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core, n.d.). Hopefully, it will prove to be beneficial for the people suffering from various mental illnesses and psychiatric issues and will help them in their quick recovery.

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ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Breaking the Stigma and Shame of Mental Illness | Kitty Westin | TEDxFargo. (n.d.). Retrieved January 30, 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsRF8xGgbPA

Lewis, B. (n.d.). Narrating Our Sadness with a Little Help from Humanities. Retrieved January 30, 2020, from https://www.academia.edu/19962483/Narrating_Our_Sadness_with_a_Little_Help_from_Humanities

What is the impact of mental health-related stigma on help-seeking? A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core. (n.d.). Retrieved January 30, 2020, from https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/what-is-the-impact-of-mental-healthrelated-stigma-on-helpseeking-a-systematic-review-of-quantitative-and-qualitative-studies/E3FD6B42EE9815C4E26A6B84ED7BD3AE