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stigma is a set of negative and
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frequently unfair beliefs that a society
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or group of people have about something
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specifically mental health stigma refers
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to the stigma attached to mental health
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conditions inclusive of substance use
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disorders and the Discrimination that
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can happen to people who are living with
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them for mental health specifically stigma
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tends to be negative stereotypes such as
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people with mental health are violent it
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can really make problems worse as it may
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stop a person from appropriately
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recognizing their illness or being
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insightful about those things and this
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can certainly impact one's ability to
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function most of us do speak Spanish we
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do have strong family beliefs and strong
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Community beliefs those times of things
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are very positive can also be very
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negative when it comes to seeking mental
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health treatment there is a long history
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of mistreatment of African-Americans in
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healthcare which has led to poor
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outcomes and less access to care and I
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think in those communities mental health
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issues are often compounded by the
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psychological stress of systemic racism
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and mistrust we have been saying look at
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Lo que pasa en casa se queda en casa which means what
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happens at home stays at home and we are very
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private especially when it comes to
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personal and sometimes family issues
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Early studies of mental illness were
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really designed to indicate that
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African-Americans had higher rates of
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mental illness than
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non-african-americans this has certainly
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later been refuted in a multitude of
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studies but the damage was really done
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because of stigma African-Americans have
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been given the diagnosis of
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schizophrenia more so than other
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affective disorders like bipolar
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disorder despite presenting with the
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same symptoms some of the studies show
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only one in three black or
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African-Americans with mental health
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issues receive appropriate treatment
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either because of not seeking that
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treatment out or not being properly
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engaged in the healthcare Continuum or
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being adherent to the recommendation so
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I think there there's large impacts and
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there's multiple issues that kind of
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cause that Humana is joining the fight to
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reduce stigma in many ways ensuring that
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the providers that we contract with of
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ss that they bring on board do receive education
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in cultural humility help with interpretation for
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services and they also doing a lot of
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research on population health strategies
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and been looking at how to give back to
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communities we're taking a multi-prong
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approach because we understand that
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stigma is multifactorial so we're
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addressing those things head on Humana’s
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Focus really on integrating Behavioral
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Health with physical health is probably
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the most impactful way of impacting and
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fighting stigma the integration of
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Behavioral Health and physical health
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shows the equal importance of the
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two as well as the understanding of the
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impact that one has towards the other so
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it's really important that as a provider
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Community you know we all stick together
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right no one person has the solution I
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think for physician’s as well l it is really important that when
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We’re with those patients in our
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visits that we slow down a little bit
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and really engage those individuals I would
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encourage other Physicians who want to
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fight against stigma just to Simply
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conscious of their language to continue
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to show compassion for those with mental
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illness and to use their voices to
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advocate for changes in systems in order
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to provide more access to Quality Health
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Care for people with mental
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illness
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