Attitudes

This part of the website has the following aims:

1. To help you understand the role that stigma and discrimination play in mental health.
2. To raise awareness of environments that can foster or reduce stigma and discrimination, such as the workplace.
3. To help you understand that minority groups are at greater risk of stigma and discrimination.
4. To help you understand that mental health first aid involves helping without discriminating.

These aims are achieved through the following pages.

• Stigma and Myth.

• Models of Health and Mental Health.

• Some Important Facts about Mental Health Problems.

• Some Common Myths about Mental Health.

• The Mental Health Continuum.

• Society, Culture and Diversity.

• Working with Diversity.