145-Could COVID-19 Finally Destigmatize Mental Illness

As "invisible" illnesses depression, anxiety and other mental-health challenges are misunderstood, dismissed, even discounted. But living in the stressful, unfamiliar and threatening environment of the COVID-19 pandemic has been an "equalizier." People who have never before conciously had their productivity, abilities and overall well-being affected by something out of their control suddenly find themselves in "our boat." And psychiatrist Jessica Gold thinks that could be what finally destigmatizes mental illness. Please join us for this 17-minute conversation. https://time.com/5835960/coronavirus-mental-illness-stigma/ http://www.mhawisconsin.org/depressivedisorders.aspx http://www.mhawisconsin.org/anxiety_disorders.aspx https://mhanational.org/covid19