Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Stigma Surrounding Mental Illness Remains Despite Abundant Pharmaceutical Ads

The medicalization of such mental illnesses as depression and bipolar disorder, which have seen prescription drug advertisements on TV skyrocket since such advertising became permissible in 1997, has done nothing to remove the harmful stigma attached to the illnesses, according to sociologists from Indiana University and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Complete news at...

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