Stigma Mental Health

Introduction
People with mental health issues are subject to a variety of hardships. For example, they struggle with their symptoms and work to alleviate those symptoms. Also, those with mental illnesses are subject to stigmas negatively influence wellbeing. Stigma, can refer to a set of negative beliefs regarding a specific demographic. I am interested in the effect of stigmas towards people with mental health issues. Specifically, its influence on intervention outcomes. It is important to understand the effect of stigmas on intervention outcomes because then intervention strategies can understand their influence and possibly control for stigma. That is to say, understanding the influence of stigmas can help mental health professionals adjust their intervention practices accordingly. This paper will accomplish four goals. First, I will define and describe what a stigma. Second, I will describe how stigmas are expressed
Stigmas, especially when they are expressed, changes the attitudes a person with a mental health disorder. Not only attitudes, but expressed stigmas can also limit the opportunities a person with a mental health disorder can have. For example, a person with antisocial personality disorder would feel as if their employment opportunities are limited because, employers can not hire them because they could be a liability. The reason why an employer can think this is because they could lack the education and awareness in regards to certain illnesses. Nevertheless, the label a disorder applies to a person will affect their chances of a successful career. It is important to consider, a diagnosis of a mental illness is not the only issue, merely seeing a mental health care profession could raise alarms for an employer, or at least dissuade the individual from seeking help at