Module 4 & 5: Mental Disorders and Social Psychology

Mental Disorders and Social Psychology
By
Institution
Mental Disorders and Social Psychology
Mental Disorders: Causes, Nature, and Treatment
Do you think there is a stigma attached to Mental Illness?
The stigma attached to mental conditions is still widespread. According to the Stigma Shout survey, it was found that nine out of ten people suffering from a mental health problem (87%) reported the negative impact of stigma on their lives ADDIN CSL_CITATION { "citationItems" : [ { "id" : "ITEM-1", "itemData" : { "DOI" : "10.1080/00050060701280573", "ISBN" : "0005-0067\\r1742-9544", "ISSN" : "00050067", "abstract" : "Persons with mental illness frequently encounter public stigma. This review seeks to clarify mental illness stigma and discuss methods for changing stigma in the real world. Following an overview of public stigma we discuss the main avenues recognised for changing stigma in the real world: protest, education and contact; and give examples of anti-stigma strategies in practice. Finally, we discuss the most effective method, contact, in greater detail through three different areas where anti- stigma efforts have been focused: disclosure, children, and patient-based programs. Anti-stigma programs that focus upon the most effective ways to diminish stigma will help bring about change in the stigmatising attitudes of the general public", "author" : [ { "dropping-particle" : "", "family" : "Corrigan", "given" : "Patrick W.", "non-dropping-particle" : "", "parse-names" : false, "suffix" : "" }, { "dropping-particle" : "", "family" : "O'Shaughnessy", "given" : "John R.", "non-dropping-particle" : "", "parse-names" : false, "suffix" : "" } ], "container-title" : "Australian Psychologist", "id" : "ITEM-1", "issue" : "2", "issued" : { "date-parts" : [ [ "2007" ] ] }, "page" : "90-97", "title" : "Changing mental illness stigma as it exists in the real world", "type" : "article-journal", "volume" : "42" }, "uris" : [ "/documents/?uuid=8601f746-5a37-40d7-b4c7-911e48c73054", "/documents/?uuid=05a5c9af-1b0d-4a2b-8006-8ba868a0f048" ] } ], "mendeley" : { "formattedCitation" : "(Corrigan & O\u2019Shaughnessy, 2007)", "plainTextFormattedCitation" : "(Corrigan & O\u2019Shaughnessy, 2007)" }, "properties" : { "noteIndex" : 0 }, "schema" : "https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json" }(Corrigan & O’Shaughnessy, 2007). It was found that stigma that was directed at adolescents having mental health problems majorly came from their teachers, peers and family members. 35% of these adolescents reported stigma by their school staff and teachers who expressed avoidance, dislike, fear and under-estimation of abilities ADDIN CSL_CITATION { "citationItems" : [ { "id" : "ITEM-1", "itemData" : { "DOI" : "10.1002/j.1556-6678.2008.tb00491.x", "ISBN" : "1556-6676", "ISSN" : "07489633", "PMID" : "8211500", "abstract" : "Stigma surrounding major mental illness creates many barriers. People who experience mental illness face discrimina- tion and prejudice when renting homes, applying for jobs, and accessing mental health services. The authors review the current literature regarding stigma and mental illness. They define stigma and review theories that explain its impact. Counselor training is ...