Stigmas About The Mentally Ill

Social networks, culture, and knowledge can influence the stigmas about the mentally ill especially when it is negative and not positively informative. This can cause an individual to not want to seek help or disclose to family that they need care and this limits their access to care. Discriminatory practices are common in the work environment that can cause a person to not be hired for a job as the company believes the stigma-myth that a mentally ill individual is unreliable and unpredictable, and may pose a threat to others. It is stigmas that can worsen a condition that causes a person with a mental illness not to meet the standards of what their culture considers the social norm. Most with mental illness just need to be treated as a normal
This system of mostly treating the physically disabled causes one to develop a self-stigmatism. Most who are suicidal seek help, but many are too scared as the stigma of being labeled as looney, crazy, or not trustworthy with sharp objects. Suicide hotlines do not work as most fear that law enforcement may be called depending on what they say to the hotline receiver and some just need someone to talk to and that is it, but finding help is scary to someone who is mentally ill as trust is difficult for them to find as prejudgment is always on the
That is because he did not know where to turn for help, did not have access or was turned away, or feared being labeled as looney, crazy, or not trustworthy with sharp objects. Financial cost that are not covered by the country are too high for about an estimated 10 million Americans who suffer from a severe mental illness that may cause suicidal tendencies that will harm themselves and/or other while globally, according to Thornicroft (2007) the number of people experiencing mental disorders who do not receive any form of help reach close to