Stigma

4 Ways Drug Testing for Welfare Has Failed Author: Justin Mckibben This year we have seen a lot of debate back and forth on the whole drug testing for welfare idea, and over the past year we have seen a few programs built up, debated over, and phased... Learn More

National Suicide Prevention Month 2015 Author: Justin Mckibben Suicide is the tragically fatal expression of the most dismal, dispiriting and heartbreaking form of desperation and hopelessness a person can ever inflict on themselves. It is often a misguided means to a bitter end that no... Learn More

National Recovery Month 2015 Author: Justin Mckibben Today marks the beginning of National Recovery Month, a few weeks we can all take to promote the benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for mental health and substance abuse disorders across the board. As a recap... Learn More

Should Convicted Drug Dealers Be Denied Welfare Forever? [caption id="attachment_17008" align="aligncenter" width="429"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben Drug dealing is not as glorified or malicious as it often seems made out to... Learn More

How Writing For Recovery Changed Me [caption id="attachment_16961" align="aligncenter" width="434"] Photo of Author[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben For a little over a year now I've been writing for a publication in the field of recovery from substance abuse, and I've been given the awesome opportunity to touch... Learn More

Tweets against Prescription Addiction: #RxProblem Campaign Author: Justin Mckibben This is the era of social media. Good or bad it is here to stay it seems, and while sometimes it can be abused, social media has opened new avenues for marketing, research, gathering and sharing information,... Learn More

The Stigma of Suicide on the College Campus Author: Justin Mckibben I have written about stigma in many contexts, but regardless of the forum stigma is always one of the worst elements of any illness as it is based only on presumptions and prejudices instead of facts and... Learn More

Shatterproof: Rappelling Buildings to Raise Awareness [caption id="attachment_16489" align="aligncenter" width="449"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben Some people believe you have to reach for the roof if you want to raise... Learn More

Is Stigma Giving “Schizophrenia” a Bad Name? Author: Justin Mckibben Schizophrenia. The word has been used for a long time to describe a very mysterious mental illness. It has best been defined as a severe, chronic, and generally disabling brain and behavior disorder. Also described as a... Learn More

Was it Wrong of Tommy Chong to Stereotype Himself? [caption id="attachment_16333" align="aligncenter" width="274"] photo via: www.wikipedia.org[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben Stereotype exists. I KNOW RIGHT… how crazy is that? Well sad as it is, it is true. Stigma has clouded our perceptions with various assumptions of what a “typical” (fill-in-the-blank)... Learn More

8 Celebrities Who Have Major Depressive Disorder (You Might Be Surprised) [caption id="attachment_16220" align="aligncenter" width="259"] via http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki[/caption] By Cheryl Steinberg Here’s a macabre statistic: almost 15 million Americans suffer from some form of major depressive disorder annually. People find mental illnesses like depression difficult to talk about and the negative... Learn More

Addiction and Suicide is Rampant Among Doctors By Cheryl Steinberg There’s a rarely-noticed and even more rarely-discussed trend happening among U.S. doctors – and it’s not something that should be swept under the rug. American doctors are struggling with addiction and depression – and even taking their... Learn More

4 Ways Drug Testing for Welfare Has Failed

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