Today I will revisit the article "Stigma and Mental Health" by Erlanger A. Turner. In Turner's article he begins by stating that anyone can be impacted by mental health concerns. Turner brings up a statistic explaining that 26% of adults and 20% of children are impacted by mental health concerns, but no one from these demographics goes to a therapist or a psychologist. Turner then proceeds to explain that these forms of help are underutilized because of a stigma that as a society we tend to use mental health and mental illness synonymously (Tuner, 2012). "Mental illness is described as a condition or disorder that is characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior associated with distress and impairment in functioning"(Tuner, 2012).
