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A strong feeling in society that being in a particular situation or having a particular illness is something to be ashamed of.

Mental health difficulties frequently carry a stigma.

Collocation:

"Due to his inability to control his laughter, Arthur carries a stigma with himself wherever he goes."

" Therapy helps us to tackle the stigma that surrounds metal illness"

"The aim of the movie is to remove the stigma surrounding people who suffer from metal illness"

" The main character suffers from a stigma due to his uncontrollable laugh and his incapibility to relate to other people."

"Arthur gets to overcome his own stigma once he channels all his angst."

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A chronic disease or illness is one that continues for a long time and cannot be cured.

This is particularly harmful for people living with chronic serious mental illness (SMI) who often need more than 190 days of hospital care.

Collocation:

"One of the reasons why Gotham citizens revealed against the government is because of the chronic under-funding of public services."

"The medication was used to treat Arthur's chronic disorder".

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If something unpleasant is rife, it is very common or happens a lot.

Discrimination against people with mental health problems is rife.

Collocation:
"The investigation was rife with rumour and speculation"

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A doctor's judgment of the likely or expected development of a disease or of the chances of getting better.
A statement of what is judged likely to happen in the future, especially in connection with a particular situation.

The X-ray shows everything, treatment is routine and predictable, the prognosis not mired with uncertainty.

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A wide range of mental health conditions — disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior.

Discrimination against people with mental illness is widespread.

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The process of getting better after an illness, injury etc.

It can be highly detrimental to reaching and staying in recovery.

Collocation:
"The decision of cutting fundings prevents recovery for people who find themselves in a similar situation than Arthur."

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Not sympathetic (= showing that you understand or care about someone's suffering).

It was not just family and friends who were unsympathetic.

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Healthcare center that provides treatment for substance abuse or mental illnesses.

For example, one law prohibits federal Medicaid funding for non-elderly adults receiving psychiatric care in a treatment facility with more than 16 beds.

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Medical evaluations, care and treatment by psychiatric professionals for a variety of mental health conditions.

For example, one law prohibits federal Medicaid funding for non-elderly adults receiving psychiatric care in a treatment facility with more than 16 beds.

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Treating a person or group differently from and usually worse than other people, because of their skin colour, sex, sexuality, etc.

Social workers were also specifically reported as being discriminatory towards mentally ill people.

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Insurance that will pay for someone’s medical treatment if they are ill or injured often taken out by employers for people who work for them, especially in the US.

Health insurance companies’ refusal to cover certain medications is another form of potential discrimination.

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Medicine or drugs given to people who are ill.

Health insurance companies’ refusal to cover certain medications is another form of potential discrimination.

Collocation;
"Paradoxically enough, no sooner Arthur stops receiving medication he starts to feel better."

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A doctor trained in the treatment of mental illness.

Even some psychiatrists hold stigmatizing views against people with mental illness, which can significantly impact treatment outcomes.

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(against/on something) a cultural or religious custom that does not allow people to do, use or talk about a particular thing as people find it offensive or embarrassing.

Talking about mental illness is taboo in a number of Asian communities — not just here in the U.S., but around the world.

Collocation:
"Despite the evident debauchery surrounding Gotham, some topics remain taboo when it comes to discussing them in public"

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A humorous and offensive way of referring to a hospital for people who are mentally ill.

I’d heard the mentally ill being referred to as “crazy” and hospitals housing the mentally ill callously called “loony bins”.

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A person who has been trained to advise people with problems, especially personal problems.

“Kwang Ho Kim, a mental health counselor featured in the first story about mental illness stigma in the Korean community…”

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A feeling of being unhappy because you have no friends or people to talk to.

[...] the situational experience of loneliness can have complex long-term effects.

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Causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; very serious. Extreme or very difficult.

They were not as severe as Oct. 21 to 22, and life settled down for a quiet Christmas break.

Collocation:
"Due to his troubled past, Arthur has had to deal with particularly severe sequels for most of his life."

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To take away someone's confidence and feeling of being in control of their life.

Social structures can disempower people and lead to exclusion and feed a sense of loneliness (ibid.).

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A feeling of extreme worry, sadness, or pain.

About 70% of the 556 respondents reported discrimination in response to their own mental distress.

Collocation:
"Before becoming The Joker, Arthur experiences a lot of distress throughout his life."

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To limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something.

When it comes to mental illness, stigma is one of the biggest barriers to seeking treatment, can quickly lead to relapse, and can hinder recovery.

Collocation:
"Social prejudice and government's measures severely hinder people like Arthur from pursuing a better life quality".

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The action of intentionally not including someone in a social group or activity.

To be very clear—most stigmatized, bullied, and/or ostracized people do not become mass shooters.

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The act of insulting someone by calling them rude names.

Members of stigmatized groups often face ostracism, bullying, and name-calling.

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To wash your hands of something /tuː wɒʃ jɔː hændz ɒv ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

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To wash your hands of something /tuː wɒʃ jɔː hændz ɒv ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

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If you wash your hands of someone or something, you refuse to be involved with them any more or to take responsibility for them.

I’ve had friends completely wash their hands of me.

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The difference that exists between the number of people who need care and those who receive care.

The results were part of the first nationwide study to examine the prevalence of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders among those living in Singapore aged 18 and above, their associated factors, and the treatment gap of the disorders.

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Entrenched ideas are so fixed or have existed for so long that they cannot be changed.

The deeply entrenched stereotypes about schizophrenia also make it harder for the public to understand that schizophrenia is “not a personality flaw but a disease of the brain”.

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To treat or describe (something, such as a serious problem or error) as if it were not important.

He glossed over the accident.

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A strong feeling that someone or something is of little or no worth and deserves no respect.

This constant flow of data gives us incessant social cues about the nature of other groups of people—including which groups of people should be praised or scorned.

Collocation:
"During an interview, Wayne pours scorn on the lower classes by referring to them as clowns."

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To make something seem less important or serious than it really is.

The media can also trivialize mental illness, either by promoting mental illness as not being severe or being less severe than it really is.

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Anything that prevents people from being together or understanding each other.

She argued that the biggest barrier to effective treatment for those with mental illness was the stigma.

Collocation:
"As the story unfolds, the lower classes are one step closer to surpass the seemingly impassable barrier that separates them from the rich."

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To present information in a way that tries to make it as shocking or exciting as possible.

Schizophrenia is still sensationalised by the media.

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A word or a phrase that is used to describe the characteristics or qualities of people, activities, or things, often in a way that is unfair.

[...] they don't want to be labeled "crazy" or dangerous.

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Causing someone to believe something that is not true.

Blaming mass violence on mental illness is misleading at best.

Collocation:
"How the upper classes refered to the less privileged citizens of Gotham was deliberately misleading."

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To strongly encourage someone to do something that might not be a very good idea.

Any adolescent crimes are egged on by delinquent friends, or committed while under the influence of drugs or alcohol at parties.

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A particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behaviour.

While some people might possess the traits of BPD, having a personality disorder is more than just checking off these traits.

Collocation:
"Although subtly, more than once Penny displays some delusional behavioural traits."

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Not thinking or behaving normally because of mental or emotional problems.

[...]  all of which revolve around his troubled status as a social outcast. Someone who was unsociable, disturbed.

Collocation:
"Due to his childhood trauma, Arthur is acutely disturbed."

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Tackling it head-on /ˈtæklɪŋ ɪt ˈhɛdˈɒn/

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To confront a condition or situation. Means to face the problem or challenge without running away from it.

Hundreds of people who expressed their thanks to our daughter for speaking up about the stigma, for tackling it head-on.

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To stop experiencing something unpleasant or stop behaving in a negative way.

GPs told them everything from “snap out of it” to “I can only help you if you're suicidal.”

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A person who likes to do things on their own without other people.

He was always a loner at school.

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A person who lives alone and avoids going outside or talking to other people.

Christopher Harper-Mercer, the Umpqua Community College gunman, was, by all accounts, a loner. A recluse.

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A  person who has no place in their society or in a particular group, because the society or group refuses to accept them.

[...] every mass shooter over the past several years has been described using a special set of Isolated Gunman Adjectives, all of which revolve around his troubled status as a social outcast.

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A judgment about what a particular illness or problem is, made after examining it.

Mental illness" is an incredibly broad umbrella […] all drastically different diagnoses with different prevalence rates and different symptoms.

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To understand someone or why someone acts as they do.

It’s harder to fathom how and why someone would wash their hands 50 times to the point of breaking their skin.

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A situation in which something such as violence, pain, or anger suddenly starts or gets much worse.

[younger people talked] about therapy sessions or situations where their mental health conditions might flare up.

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To take a strong hold of somebody/something and struggle with them.

I wanted to take three communities in Orange County that grapple most with this stigma — Korean, Vietnamese and Arab.

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To treat someone or something as if they are not important.

Now that English has taken over as the mainlanguage, the country's nativelanguage has been marginalized.

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(Be/become mired (down) in sth) To be involved in a difficult situation, especially for a long period of time.

I contemplated how less-stressful a broken arm is — the X-ray shows everything, treatment is routine and predictable, the prognosis not mired with uncertainty.

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Not liking to meet people or to spend time with them.

Practically every mass shooter over the past several years has been described [...] as a social outcast.Someone who was unsociable, disturbed.

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Money for a particular purpose; the act of providing money for such a purpose

They also struggle to get the funding that is necessary to implement these programs to create awareness about the problem and propose solutions.

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Too large or too small in comparison to something else, or not deserving its importance or influence.

[...] the ongoing disproportionate focus on crimes committed by African Americans results in people thinking (even subconsciously) that they're more “dangerous” than whites.

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Not having the ability to do something as it should be done.

[...] people with mental illness were shown to be perceived as incompetent and less promotable.

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(the way someone earns) the moneypeople need to pay for food, a place to live, clothing, etc.

Many shipworkers could lose their livelihoods because of fallingorders for new ships.

Collocation:
"Sanitation workers went on strike tired of their livelihoods being threatened."

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The act of separating somebody/something; the state of being separate.

Loneliness studies tend to distinguish social isolation and emotional loneliness.

Collocation:
"Despite living with his mother and having a few interactions with his co-workers, Arthur lives in a permanent state of emotional and social isolation."

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An organization that does not aim to make a profit.

This nonprofit is an umbrella organization for several Orange County community clinics, which serve different ethnicities in Orange County — Korean, Vietnamese, Latino, Arab, Persian and Chinese.

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A strong feeling that something/somebody exists or is true; confidence that something/somebody is good or right

It remains to be seen […] if the programs are able to make a dent in people’s long-held beliefs about mental illness.

Collocation:
"There is a widely held belief that people with mental illnesses can't lead normal lives."

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To give what is needed to someone. to change yourself or your behaviour to suit another person or new conditions.

I pray that society will one day eliminate the stigma of mental illness […] so that employers will understand and accommodate […]

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To publicly support or suggest an idea, development, or way of doing something.

While she’s been called an advocate for mental health, she prefers the term: “Mental health expert by experience”.

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A mental or physical illness which prevents part of your body from working properly.

[...] mental disorders account for 7% of illnesses globally and cause 16% of injuries in people aged 10-19 years, making suicide the third cause of death in adolescents [...]

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Knowing something; knowing that something exists and is important.

They also struggle to get the funding that is necessary to implement these programs to create awareness about the problem and propose solutions.

Collocation:
"After the subway incident, there was a heightened awareness of the class differences."

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To deal successfully with a difficult situation.

[...] other health issues that need doctors and treatment to cope with them.

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The ability to deal with practical problems.

Discrimination is an unpleasant reality for our community, but there are established ways and resources to combat it.

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To try to find or get something, especially something that is not a physical object.

Because Hollywood portrays people with mental illness, many fear being diagnosed or seeking support from other people because they don't want to be labeled "crazy" or dangerous.

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A severe emotional shock and pain caused by an extremely upsetting experience.

DID develops in people who suffer trauma during childhood.

Collocation:
"Considering her state during the last stages of her life, one could  say that Penny underwent some traumas of her own as well."

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The conditions that you live or work in and the way that they influence how you feel or how effectively you can work

That is why schools play a critical role in supporting their students and creating a safe environment.

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A medical condition that makes you very unhappy and anxious and often prevents you from living a normal life.

Even in terms of supporting existing employees with depression, about 25% of managers reported they did not feel confident in doing so effectively.

Collocation:
"Arthur's depression is alleviated, partly, when he starts to date his neighbour."

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The feeling of having a positive opinion of someone or something

[...] they seek the approval of their peers and social networks.

Collocation:
"The closer Arthur is to become the Joker, the less he tries to meet society's approval."

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Prone to be easily physically, emotionally, or mentally hurt, influenced, or attacked

[...] making suicide the third cause of death in adolescents, who are an extremely vulnerable social population.

Collocation:
"Most people in Gotham find themselves in an economically vulnerable position."

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To be proved to be true, correct, useful etc when tested.

Each one of us must stand up to it to the best of our abilities.

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Belief and confidence in your own ability and value.

The compliments she received after the presentation boosted her self-esteem.

Collocation:
"Because of the unceasing mistreatment from society, Arthur suffers from low self-esteem."

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To become or cause someone to become extremely emotional.

People tend to freak out and make their own assumptions about the condition.

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(of an illness) Caused by anxiety and worry and not by an infection or injury.

(...) Physical illness was not taken seriously or was attributed to mental distress or psychosomatic sources.

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Causing serious injuries or harm.

But in the months that followed, the crippling depression came back.

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If something stabilizes, it becomes fixed or stops changing. to keep it from becoming worse, or to become fixed and stop changing.

Stabilized, she had completed some courses at Douglas College.

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To show something to be false, or to hide something such as an emotion.

Calling a violent offender “crazy” spreads a dangerous stereotype and belies the complex relationship between criminality and mental illness.

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To cause information or results to be changed.

Media portrayals of those with mental illness often skew toward either stigmatization or trivialization.

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The fact that something is very common or happens often.

“Mental illness" is an incredibly broad umbrella, […] all drastically different diagnoses with different prevalence rates and different symptoms.

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Not done by choice; done unwillingly, or without the decision or intention of the person involved.

Her stay was now involuntary, though she wasn’t fighting it.

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In a way that lasts a very long time, or happens repeatedly or all the time.

Perennially overcrowded emergency ward at Royal Columbian Hospital.

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The act of preventing somebody/something from entering a place or taking part in something.

Social structures can disempower people and lead to exclusion and feed a sense of loneliness.

Collocation:
"The film criticizes the serious level of unfair treatment and exclusion experienced by mentally ill people and those who come from low-income backgrounds."

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Something that happens that delays or prevents a process from developing.

Though she suffered some setbacks in the stressful Christmas season.

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Someone who has committed a crime or a violent or harmful act.

Mentally ill people are far more likely to be the victims of violence than they are the perpetrators.

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A physical or mental condition that means you cannot use a part of your body completely or easily, or that you cannot learn easily.

The relationship between disability and loneliness is situational [...]

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The act of separating somebody/something; the state of being separate.

Loneliness studies tend to distinguish social isolation and emotional loneliness.

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Unfear treating to people because of their disability.

The crux of ableist logic is the body.