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        "rendered": "Biases and prejudice regarding a mental illness"
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        "rendered": "<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2933\" class=\"elementor elementor-2933\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47cba28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47cba28\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-abcbc2f\" data-id=\"abcbc2f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e894ebd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e894ebd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a sad statistic that mental health illnesses account for 16% of the global burden of disease and injury in people aged 10\u201319 years, with suicide being the third leading cause of deaths in adolescence.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is important for teachers to understand that adolescence is a crucial period in an individual\u2019s psychosocial and emotional development. At this age, the need for peer approval and inclusive social networks dictate how an adolescent copes with the double burden of mental health problems and rejection from classmates.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adolescents with behavioral disorders are particularly vulnerable to social exclusion and stigma, educational difficulties, overall poor health and risk-taking behaviors such as sexual risk taking, substance use and aggression.Young people with mental health disorders often report distress, being singled out due to stigma, prejudice and discrimination.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b07b98 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0b07b98\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-30d4f63\" data-id=\"30d4f63\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b98159b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b98159b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1037\" src=\"https:\/\/myemotionalfirstaid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stigma-2-768x1037.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-10273\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myemotionalfirstaid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stigma-2-768x1037.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myemotionalfirstaid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stigma-2-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/myemotionalfirstaid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stigma-2-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/myemotionalfirstaid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stigma-2-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/myemotionalfirstaid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stigma-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe2b585\" data-id=\"fe2b585\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ce2d36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ce2d36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, much of the discrimination they face tends to come from those they might need to turn to first including their friends, parents\u00a0 and, shockingly, teachers and lecturers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an educational setting, adolescents who face the prevalent stigma can experience increased feelings of loneliness and isolation, often associated with suicidal behaviors.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ecbb8dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ecbb8dc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-07b1045\" data-id=\"07b1045\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae182db elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae182db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/myemotionalfirstaid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stigma-1-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10274\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myemotionalfirstaid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stigma-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myemotionalfirstaid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stigma-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myemotionalfirstaid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stigma-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/myemotionalfirstaid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stigma-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myemotionalfirstaid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stigma-1-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/myemotionalfirstaid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stigma-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f499207\" data-id=\"f499207\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5260f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5260f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stigma or Prejudice, in general, is conceptualized as a feeling of disgrace, shame, and self-blame that results in social exclusion, isolation, and embarrassment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These prejudices toward individuals with mental illnesses often result in discriminatory forms such as withholding access to care, coercive treatment, avoidance, and segregated or separate institutions.. Thus,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">these individuals are burdened by the distress of their symptoms and the distress of the stigma. It is often aggravated by the stereotypical and prejudiced portrayal of mental illnesses in the media including cinema and films.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a3b555 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a3b555\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"caret-color: #3a4f66; color: #3a4f66; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400;\">It is seen that mental health illnesses and the associated stigma and prejudice often leads to\u00a0 poor access to mental and physical healthcare, decreased life expectancy, social exclusion in the form of academic termination, unemployment, poverty, homelessness, and contact with criminal justice systems.<\/span><b><br \/><\/b><\/h4><div><span style=\"caret-color: #3a4f66; color: #3a4f66; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><p><b>Teachers need to note that:<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stigma is a mark of disgrace that sets a person apart from others. When a person is labelled by their illness they are no longer seen as an individual but as part of a stereotyped group.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Negative attitudes and beliefs toward this group create prejudice which leads to negative actions and discrimination.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stigma = stereotyping &#8220;prejudice&#8221; discrimination.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stigma brings experiences and feelings of:\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a) shame, blame, hopelessness,\u00a0 distress, loneliness, isolation and social exclusion, <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b) stereotyping and derogatory labels, misrepresentation in the media, <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">c) being treated differently than the rest of society <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">d) discrimination in housing, employment or services .<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stigma worsens a person\u2019s illness and can lead to a reluctance to seek and\/or accept necessary help.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Families are also affected by stigma, leading to a lack of disclosure and support. <\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5eeed25 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5eeed25\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1482bc9\" data-id=\"1482bc9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76a5c57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76a5c57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/myemotionalfirstaid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10275\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myemotionalfirstaid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/myemotionalfirstaid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myemotionalfirstaid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-1-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e24f2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e24f2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"border-width: medium; border-style: none; font-size: 18px; text-align: start;\"><b>How to change prevalent Prejudice regarding Mental Health?&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; border-width: medium; border-style: none; font-size: 18px; text-align: start;\">\n<li style=\"border-width: medium; border-style: none;\" aria-level=\"1\">Prejudice may be reduced by protest, education and contact. Through protest, Prejudice is presented as morally unjust and people are encouraged not to act in inappropriate ways.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"border-width: medium; border-style: none;\" aria-level=\"1\">Education challenges inaccurate stereotypes about mental illness and replaces these with factual information.<\/li>\n<li style=\"border-width: medium; border-style: none;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; text-align: inherit; color: var(--color); font-style: var(--fontStyle, inherit); letter-spacing: var(--letterSpacing); text-transform: var(--textTransform); text-decoration: var(--textDecoration);\">Contact, that is face-to-face interactions between a person with a mental illness and the general public, brings the greatest improvements in public attitudes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"border-width: medium; border-style: none;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; text-align: inherit; color: var(--color); font-style: var(--fontStyle, inherit); letter-spacing: var(--letterSpacing); text-transform: var(--textTransform); text-decoration: var(--textDecoration);\">Community wide social marketing campaigns, most often through mass media, bring these three approaches together and have been used around the world to shift public attitudes regarding mental illness.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div><span style=\"color: var(--color); font-style: var(--fontStyle, inherit); letter-spacing: var(--letterSpacing); text-align: inherit; text-transform: var(--textTransform); text-decoration: var(--textDecoration);\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><b>How to reduce Stigma?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all have a role in creating a mentally healthy community that supports recovery and social inclusion and reduces discrimination.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: inherit; text-align: inherit; color: var(--color); font-style: var(--fontStyle, inherit); letter-spacing: var(--letterSpacing); text-transform: var(--textTransform); text-decoration: var(--textDecoration);\">There are many simple ways everyone can help to reduce prejudice and discrimination towards people with experience of mental illness. Some of them are:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn and share the facts about mental health and illness.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get to know people with personal experiences of mental illness.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speak up when friends, family, colleagues or the media use language and\/or misinformation that perpetuates false beliefs and negative stereotypes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offer the same support to people when they are unwell whether they have a physical or mental health problem.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t label or judge people by their illness.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treat people with a mental illness with respect and dignity, as you would anyone else. Don\u2019t discriminate when it comes to participation, housing and employment.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talk openly of your own experience of mental illness. The more hidden mental illness remains, the more people continue to believe that it is shameful and needs to be concealed.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public messages that encourage good mental health, such as the Five Ways to Wellbeing (these are Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning and Give)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Let\u2019s clear some Common myths about mental illness:<span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: var(--color); font-style: var(--fontStyle, inherit); font-weight: var(--fontWeight); letter-spacing: var(--letterSpacing); text-align: inherit; text-transform: var(--textTransform); text-decoration: var(--textDecoration);\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b6b61e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b6b61e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2dba12b\" data-id=\"2dba12b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c7bdf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c7bdf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br><b>MYTH<\/b><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0be0a9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0be0a9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit; text-align: inherit; color: var(--color); font-style: var(--fontStyle, inherit); letter-spacing: var(--letterSpacing); text-transform: var(--textTransform); text-decoration: var(--textDecoration);\">Mental illness only affects a few people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f63188\" data-id=\"1f63188\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b494b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b494b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br><b>FACT<\/b><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e8c809 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e8c809\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit; text-align: inherit; color: var(--color); font-style: var(--fontStyle, inherit); letter-spacing: var(--letterSpacing); text-transform: var(--textTransform); text-decoration: var(--textDecoration);\">Mental illness is common. It affects people of all ages, educational and income levels and cultures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9ca926 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9ca926\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d3516c\" data-id=\"2d3516c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46f2808 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46f2808\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br><b>MYTH<\/b><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70eb6f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70eb6f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mental illness is caused by a personal weakness.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-72234e0\" data-id=\"72234e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15c504d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15c504d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br><b>FACT<\/b><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3e3f00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3e3f00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A mental illness is not a character flaw. 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