Seeking Nominations for 2022 Anti-Stigma Advocacy Award

The annual Maryland Foundation for Psychiatry (MFP) Anti-Stigma Advocacy Award recognizes a worthy piece published in a major newspaper that accomplishes one or more of the following:

  • Shares with the public their experience with mental illness in themselves, a family member, or simply in the community.
  • Helps others to overcome their inability to talk about mental illness or their own mental illness.
  • Imparts particularly insightful observations on the general subject of mental illness.

A Maryland author and/or newspaper is preferred.  Click here for past winners and published articles.

The award carries a $500 prize, which is given at the Maryland Psychiatric Society annual meeting in April.  To nominate a piece to be considered for the 2022 award, email it to mfp@mdpsych.org no later than January 10, 2022.  The article should be published during the period from January 15, 2021 to January 10, 2022.

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