Dave Gallson is the Associate National Executive Director of the Mood Disorders Society of Canada, www.mooddisorderscanada.ca. He explains his involvement with mental health. He describes the Society’s mission and its programs, the people these serve, and the benefits. He gives examples of mood disorders and the challenges for persons with them and for their family caregivers. He says how stigma is experienced by persons living with mood disorders, and how it affects them, their families and their family caregivers. He discusses stigma in the workplace, in the wider community, and in the healt
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