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How Psychology, Psychiatry Discriminate Against People with Mental Illness While attending the 28th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy at The Carter Center last week, it occurred to me that mental health professionals are some of the worst when it comes to discriminating against people with mental illness .

How Psychology, Psychiatry Discriminate Against People with Mental Illness Both healthcare and mental health professionals regularly contribute to reinforcing the prejudice and discrimination that exists for people with mental illness . Perhaps they do so in a paternalistic manner, hoping to spare their patient the pain of ...