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Dealing with fear and stigma

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Here we meet Ambeya, a young person living with a parent with a mental illness. She explains her experiences of dealing with the stigma surrounding her mum’s mental illness.

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  • What does Ambeya’s account help us to learn about how parental mental illness is stigmatised?

  • How did she choose to deal with the stigma?

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How To Support Young People Living with Parental Mental Illness

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