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Digital Lifelines: The Role of Online Mental Health Treatment in Preventing Suicide 

Clear Behavioral Health

Understanding why mental health is important, needed, and necessary is the first step in preventing suicide. Some important barriers to receiving adequate mental health treatment are [3]: Mental Health Stigma Its difficult to seek mental health treatment when the fear of stigma and misinformation holds you back.

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Lessons from a Global Psychiatric Conference: The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated

Mad in America

Nearly everyone mentioned how stigma stops people from seeking help, but no one noted that 1) the help we offer is not terribly safe or effective, 2) mental health stigma campaigns have been spectacular failures , and 3) biomedical psychiatric explanations have been consistently linked to worse stigma.