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Announcing the BHN Summer 2022 Issue:


"Understanding the Impact of Stigma"


Ad and Article Submission Deadline: June 15th


Contact us for information about advertising or article submissions


(see article topic suggestions below)

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Please contact us first to discuss your idea for a topic before you start writing.


Some suggested article topics for this issue:


- Addressing the impact of stigma on BIPOC communities

- Addressing the stigma that surrounds addiction

- Addressing workplace stigma and discrimination

- Experiencing intersectionality: Membership in multiple stigmatized groups

- How to fight back: pushing upstream against the challenge stigma

- It’s not just you: Stigma impacts people and communities in different ways

- Media’s role in perpetuating stereotypes and reducing stigma through education

- Mental health stigma and families

- Overcoming the stigma of mental illness

- Self-stigma in resilience, recovery, and healing

- Social media and stigma: Challenges and triumphs

- Stigma and access to care, services, and supports

- Stigma and ethnicities / race coming from inside family units

- Stigma and mental health policy

- Stigma and the criminal justice system

- Stigma and the mental health system

- Stigma, homelessness, and mental illness

- Stigma’s impact on loneliness and feeling isolated

- The challenge of measuring stigma

- The impact of mental health stigma within religious institutions

- The impact of stigma on relationships with family, friends, and at work

- The many levels of stigma: self stigma, public stigma, and structural stigma

- The stigma around me: personal views into the experience of mental health stigma

- The stigma I didn’t expect: The unusual places where stigma is experienced

- Understanding how stigma interferes with mental health treatment for children

- Vocalizing personal challenges with stigma

Contact us for information about article submissions or advertising

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BHN Editorial Calendar

Summer 2022 Issue

Understanding the Impact of Stigma

Deadline: June 15, 2022


Fall 2022 Issue

The Behavioral Health System: Challenges Past and Present

Deadline: September 16, 2022


Winter 2023 Issue

Stigma: How We Can Make a Difference

Deadline: December 13, 2022


Spring 2023 Issue

The Impact of Behavioral Health on Families

Deadline: March 16, 2023

Contact us for information about advertising or article submissions

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