This is something we need more data on. But if you look at the mental health campaigns or the communities for the help of psychiatric patients, those stigmas usually come from not just family or friends, but also in the workplace. In IMH for example, there have been a lot of efforts to try to debunk some misconceptions on psychiatric illnesses.
One of the famous examples I like to share is if you look at Ellen DeGeneres or JK Rowling, we may never be as successful or productive as them. But they have actually had depression sometime in their life. So this is quite heartening to see and inspiring. So I would usually use this example to remove the stigma that people might have with regard to the ability of patients. Whether it is a major depressive disorder or anxiety disorder. In Singapore, the workplace is the problem so we do have a rehabilitative centre that provides services, they are called Recovery Care. So we basically help them link up to prospective employees who are willing to show them that they can go out to work and in hopes to inspire people and show that they can work well.
