'It doesn't have to be like this' - the stigma around mental health

Nearly a billion people around the world are diagnosed with a mental illness yet they and many more are suffering in silence because they fear the stigma associated with psychiatric disorders according to a global report. Researchers from 40 countries around the world have been looking into the issue

Many suffer in silence because of the stigma associated with mental illness Source: Getty / fizkes/Getty Images/iStockphoto

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