Stigma
Why we stay silent, and what lowers it
What you learn hereExplain how stigma —public, self and structural— blocks help-seeking, what lowers the first two —contact and accurate information— and recognize the third when it shows up written into a rule, which is changed at another level.
This page summarises the lesson and cites its sources. The full lesson —animated, narrated, with its practice— opens with the Lifetime Pass, along with the rest of the course and everything to come.
See the Pass — CA$39 →SourcesJorm, 2012 · Corrigan, 2004 · Kohn, 2018 · Dyrbye et al., 2017 (medical licensure, US) · contact and truthful information · Updated 2026-07-25