Systemic | Relational
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2. STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION
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Mental health stigma and discrimination such as ‘psychiatric disqualification’, assumptions about ‘riskiness’, not being believed, the effects of ‘toxic labels’ and stigmatised conditions.
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Stereotypical attitudes and assumptions about capacity and ability.
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Institutionalised racism, homophobia and transphobia.
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Discrimination against parents, people with learning disabilities, people living in poverty and substance users.
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Negative effects of discriminatory cultures and systems on frontline practice.
"As someone who is also disabled, it's another...label, which does make you feel quite alone...you have to keep fighting for yourself, but you know, no one is taking you seriously."
"There's the narrative [that] people of colour are the ones who are always unwell, with these mental health problems."
"But there seems to be...this interpretation, because you've got a mental health problem that somehow, you know, [it's] a deficit."
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