Professor Catherine Comiskey:

One of my PhD students has written a paper on stigma among the healthcare professions. Yes, it exists, because they are not educated. When she was doing the interviews nurse to nurse, they trusted her and used words like "frequent flyers" and we were shocked by that, because this is the profession. That is not necessarily the front they presented to the patient. Again, that goes back to the education about stigma, and not getting it. There are also no common definitions. When she asked what was understood by recovery, people understood that differently as well. There was quite a bit needed. There is some stigma among healthcare professions.. They are dealing with the challenges. It is easy for me to be the researcher behind and having an opinion. They are dealing with difficult and challenging situations but that is why we need to bring the education into the professions and it is not there.