Destigmatizing Mental Illness: Showing Compassion Towards Those Around Us

This video will discuss mental illness as a whole, in order to destigmatize the topic and to teach the public how to show compassion towards who may be suffering. It will begin by explaining what mental illness is, and how it can be “invisible,” followed by statistics showing how prominent mental illness is. It will then go through some generalized examples of what you may see in public, while explaining what could be going on in the person's head, or what could have happened earlier on in their day/life to contribute to how they are acting. The video will conclude by giving tips on how to show compassion to those around us, how to support those struggling with mental illness, and how to approach life with a “non-judgement” approach.

This video was made by McMaster University students Alexa Di Pede, Isabella Honeyborne, Shavez Khan, Ryan Demik in collaboration with the Demystifying Research McMaster Program.

This video is provided for general and educational information only. Please consult your healthcare provider for more information about your health. Copyright McMaster University 2023.

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Music:
[1] Music by: Corporate Soft by LesFMhttps://lesfm.net/positive-background..., Music Promoted byhttp://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/, Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...