a report from the surgeon general where it stated that the possiblility of stigma started with the philosopher
Rene Descartes' separation of mind from body.
The NAMI website ( http://www.nami.org/ ) has various tools to navigate with many choices to choose
from.
I found the following:
http://surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/chapter1/sec1.html#roots_stigma
from the NAMIblog on the toolbar at http://www.nami.org/ .
One could spend many hours looking over the NAMI website, but, if you find the time, I hope
you at least check out what the surgeon general is saying about the stigma of mental illness and how we,
as individuals and as a society, play a part.
As an ongoing effort to help promote mental health awareness, I greatly recommend the following
grouping of classes: health101, philosophy101, and sociology101 ........ in the continuing effort
to educate on the knowledge of mental health and the community to stem the stigma associated with
mental illness. Taken together, these classes offer a comprehensive unbiased insight to better help you
explore your reason.