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One in four of us can’t be all bad

Is calling someone a”wanker” or a “perv” in a headline discrimination? Yes says a mental health expert chiding the press for its insensitive coverage of Canadians with mental health issues. 25% of us struggle with a mental health episode (one in 4 seems high) but the experts are adamant, it is common, largely treatable, and NOT helped by the negative portrayal in the press. McGill University’s Rob Whitley

 

 

says the media should be leading the way to treating suffers with respect, not reinforcing damaging (and incorrect) stereotypes. It’s a message 40 union activist’s (largely representing reporters and other media workers) at a CWA-SCA Canada conference in Montreal took to heart.

 

 

PS his group tracks the worst offenders! So be warned.

 

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