# Half say poor mental-health prevention can feed stigma

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## Reading

Weak prevention can be self-defeating, a slim majority of Americans say: 51% agree that poor mental-health prevention efforts can themselves fuel stigma, including 21% who strongly agree, in a Verasight survey conducted Nov. 14-20, 2025.

A further 38% are neutral, while 11% disagree, 3% strongly.

## Topline

Overall, I believe the state of mental health preventive efforts could be a driver of mental health stigma.

Half say poor mental-health prevention can feed stigma.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Neutral: 38.5%
- Agree: 29.4%
- Strongly Agree: 21.4%
- Disagree: 7.9%
- Strongly Disagree: 2.8%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2025-11-14 → 2025-11-20
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.2%
- Module: Module 1
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#the-impact-of-mental-health-preventive-efforts-on-stigma](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#the-impact-of-mental-health-preventive-efforts-on-stigma)

## Citation

Verasight APHA Omnibus Survey #2025-148, fielded November 14-20, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.2%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#the-impact-of-mental-health-preventive-efforts-on-stigma](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-apha-2025#the-impact-of-mental-health-preventive-efforts-on-stigma)