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Robin Cunningham

Robin Cunningham

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posted 01/04/2009, comments (0)

CHOICES II-14 - A Subtle Form of Stelf-Stigmatization

  For my last SharePost, submitted on 28 December, 2008, (www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/100/53657/ii-13-consumer ), I submitted a poem entitled "WARD 7N," which I believe touches on self-stigmatization and forgiveness in consumers and asked that visitors read and tell us what this poem says to them in the form of a comment to the... Read moreChevron
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Robin Cunningham

Robin Cunningham

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Advocate and Executive
posted 12/28/2008, comments (3)

CHOICES ii-13 - Consumer Self-Stigma

  I indicated a few blogs ago that I still wanted to discuss family, provider, and consumer stigma before we moved on with our CHOICES II Series.  We have since explored stigma involving members of a larger family, such as uncles and aunts, in my SharePost CHOICES II-10 submitted on 7 December 2008 and immediate family, such as... Read moreChevron
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Robin Cunningham

Robin Cunningham

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posted 12/21/2008, comments (2)

CHOICES II-12 - The Reactions of One's Immediate Family

  In my last blog, I drew upon my own experience and presented an abridged excerpt from my memoir that illustrates the kind of reaction one often receives from family members at large.  In this blog, I will again present an abridged portion from my memoir that recreates the reactions of my parents.   In reading this, please keep... Read moreChevron
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Robin Cunningham

Robin Cunningham

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posted 12/14/2008, comments (9)

CHOICES II-11 - Is Schizophrenia a Question of Faith?

  In recent blogs we have discussed impediments arising from a variety of sources that can discourage consumers from accepting the fact that they have a serious mental illness, thereby resulting in dangerous delays in their receipt of effective treatment.  In these discussions we've found that many of the impediments originate with... Read moreChevron
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Robin Cunningham

Robin Cunningham

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posted 12/07/2008, comments (3)

CHOICES II-10 - Impediments to Acceptance 1I

  In my last blog posted 29/30 November 2008 at  http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/100/50595/ii-impediments I indicated that there were three types or sources of stigma that, although touched upon in previous SharePosts, I wanted to consider individually and in more detail.  These are family, provider and consumer... Read moreChevron
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