In an interview with "Good Morning America's" Robin Roberts Tuesday, Prince Harry of Wales brilliantly addressed the negative stereotypes attached to those who have mental health issues.
In particular the English prince tackled the stigma that often plagues war veterans who suffer from mental health issues as they transition back into civilian life.
"The stigma surrounding it is a massive issue," the Prince of Wales said. "I want to re-emphasize the point to people that [mental illness] is not a ticking time bomb."
The kind of stigma surrounding mental illness stems back far into history. According to Psychology Today, people with mental health issues were often "treated differently, excluded, and even brutalized" based on the idea that mental health patients were "uncontrollable and violent." Also, the way in which mental illness patients are often studied implies that people with mental health problems are in some ways "different from normally functioning individuals" and thus have some "undesirable attributes,"according to the article.
[For more of this story, written by Taylor Bell, go to http://www.attn.com/stories/66...mental-health-stigma]
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