Stigma Journal of Nursing
Why is Psychiatry so Taboo?
Tags: culture Mental Illness Psychiatry stigma
In almost every society, psychiatry has an adverse stigma attached to it. Any form of mental illness is perceived as a sign of weakness. In some cultures, psychiatry is not considered an important or prestigious form of medicine. To acknowledge the importance of psychotherapy is to recognize that the members of the society may have some mental abnormality.
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