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“Access Denied” – how mental health/substance use-related structural stigma impacts health-care access

We asked people to share how structural stigma impacts their access to health-care services. These are the stories they shared.

Structural stigma can be dismantled. Here’s what we’re doing to help.

Watch the other videos in this series:

“Less Than” – how mental health and/or substance use-related structural stigma impacts quality of care

A Way Forward – how we can dismantle mental health- and/or substance use-related structural stigma

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