Stigma slows mental health progress

He said: “Mentally ill persons are not labeled, they are not those people, a shift of such debilitating paradigm inevitably signals the genesis of respect and dignity.

Every person with mental illness must be treated with dignity and love by the family and community.” With diagnosis and treatment, Gosine said, the mentally ill, in most cases can return to productive lives and positive relationships.

He said the SWRHA has approximately 10,000 persons registered at their mental health outpatient clinic with an annual projected increase of 1,200 patients.