Training Module on the Right to Mental Health Training Module on the Right to Mental Health in the Academe in the Academe Activity2.Stigma What is stigma? • Public stigma: negative or discriminatory attitudes that others have about mental illness. • SelfͲstigma: negative attitudes that people with mental illness have about their own condition. • Institutionalstigma:policiesofgovernments andprivateorganizationsthatintentionally orunintentionallylimitopportunitiesfor personswithmentalillness. Slide 9 Training Module on the Right to Mental Health in the Academe • What are some of the negative things you have heard about people with mental illnesses? Slide 10 Training Module on the Right to Mental Health in the Academe • What are some of the positive things you have heard about people with mental illnesses? Slide 11 35