Plaintiff seeks to recover actual, compensatory, liquidated, and punitive damages for discrimination based upon discrimination concerning his disability. Plaintiff submits a request to the court for lost salary and benefits, future lost salary and benefits, and compensatory damages for emotional pain and suffering.
Discrimination With Mental Health In Palm Beach
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Discrimination may be obvious and direct, such as someone making a negative remark about your mental illness or your treatment. Or it may be unintentional or subtle, such as someone avoiding you because the person assumes you could be unstable, violent or dangerous due to your mental illness.
Part of the reason mental health is often ignored is because there is still a lot of stigma surrounding mental illness. For many people, mental illness is seen as a sign of weakness. There's a belief that if you can't “just snap out of it,” then there's something wrong with you. This couldn't be further from the truth.
Reluctance to ask for help or to get treatment. lack of understanding by family, friends or others. fewer opportunities for employment or social interaction. bullying, physical violence or harassment.
Why does stigma exist? Stigma happens from a lack of understanding of mental illness, through ignorance and misinformation. It can also happen because some people have negative attitudes or beliefs (prejudice) towards mental illness.
Direct mental health discrimination can be seen when an employer (or supervisor) treats an employee less favorably than others because of their mental health condition. For instance, an employee may be a top performer, but they suffer from severe anxiety or bipolar disorder.
How Does Systemic Oppression and Discrimination Impact People? A lack of availability of mental health services. Transportation issues, difficulty finding childcare/taking time off work. The belief that mental health treatment “doesn't work” The high level of mental health stigma in minority populations.
Employment Anti-Discrimination Laws Employment actions taken against an individual who has a mental health condition or substance use disorder may violate these antidiscrimination laws.
Intended structural discrimination encompasses rules, policies, and procedures of entities in power positions that restrict the rights of, the opportunity's for, and the degrading of people with mental illness without rational justification.
If you have a mental health condition, you may be protected against discrimination and harassment at work related to your condition, you have workplace confidentiality rights, and you may have a legal right to get reasonable accommodations that can help you perform and keep your job.
Discrimination arising from your disability: if you're treated badly because of something that happens because of your mental health problem, for example, if you're given a warning at work for taking time off for medical appointments.