Public And Self Stigma

Less and less people are turning to get help. According to the journal, “The Relationships of Public and Self-Stigma…” about one-third. This is because of the stigma that comes along with having a label of being “different.” People want to avoid the being publically classified as mentally ill and will put forth effort to conceal their use of the health services. After reading through this article, it promoted sympathy as an endorsement of the stigma and encourages someone with mental health problems to get help, without thinking of their label. Sympathy is used to correct wrong information about the stereotype placed on the certain mental illness that is being dealt with. The Second article, “How Clinical Diagnosis Might
This labeling and stereotyping can denounce these people of being apart of their communities. This makes it hard for them to work, have proper housing and do other things “normal” people enjoy. The Cognitive and Behavioral process has been broke down into four parts; Cues, stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination. Stereotypes are the way we categorize people into certain groups. People who agree to the negatively of these stereotypes are prejudjuist. The article relates this to the stigma, because people who are diagnosed with a mental health problem are stereotyped. When a person is diagnosed they are considered, homogenous, and are distinguished by definable boundaries. They are grouped together and do not have a chance of being their selves, because they are their “label.” The final article, “The Power of a Label: Mental Illness Diagnoses…” Also begins with talking about prejudice and discrimination. It goes on to talk about people that are label with a mental illness experiencing rejection in their communities. According to this article only about 8 percent of people seek the help they