Paper On Mental Disorders Perceived
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Paper On Mental Disorders Perceived
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Running head: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Discuss whether biogenetic explanations of mental illness help or hinder efforts to reducesocial stigma associated with these conditionsName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
1ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHYArticle 1Haslam, N., &Kvaale, E. P. (2015).Biogenetic explanations of mental disorder: The mixed-blessings model.Current Directions in Psychological Science,24(5), 399-404.This paper puts emphasis on the three aspects of how mental disorders are perceivedby the common people, by their own and by the clinicians. Biogenetic descriptions are relatedto stigmatizing point of view of the society. However, the findings from the co-relational aswell as the experimental examinations suggests that biogenetics descriptions actuallyassociate to decrease the tendency to condemn the individuals with mental disorders for theirown issues but an expanding tendency to view them as threatening and unpredictable. Themixed-blessings model has been described which emphasis mainly on the explanation ofbiogenetics and further branches to attribution of uncontrollability and psychologicalessentialism. Attribution of uncontrollability was further explaining the diminished blameand on the other hand, psychological essentialism explains desire for social distance,prognostic pessimism and perceived dangerousness for the mentally disordered. Thus if thelimitations are to be considered then it can be said that no one can turn their back from facingthe side effects of the biogenetic outlook to the psychopathology. What can be done is tofight essentialist misinterpretations of neuroscience and psychiatric genetics that can lead away to separate the biogenetic descriptions and the existing disgrace. Lastly, theunsatisfactory effects of the biogenetic explanations can be changed by simply educating thesociety on bioscience.
2ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHYArticle 2 Walker, I., & Read, J. (2002).The differential effectiveness of psychosocial and biogeneticcausal explanations in reducing negative attitudes toward “mental illness”.Psychiatry:Interpersonal and Biological Processes,65(4), 313-325.To get rid of the negative stereotypes that the society has for the people with mentalhealth issues both the distinctive consequences of biogenetic and psychosocial descriptions ofpsychiatric symptoms are assessed in this article. It was in New Zealand that the negativeperceptions were that are found elsewhere are recreated here. However, it has been seen thatthe health professionals of Australia are more negative towards the mentally ill then thecommon public. Destigmatization campaigns tries to make the public follow that peoplesuffering from severely difficult psychological problems are ill in the same way as the onewho is suffering with some medical condition. The selected sample for this particular study isundergraduate mathematics students from a university of New Zealand. However, twoquestionnaires for each participant were made before hand and they were made to watch avideo where a mentally ill will describe his or her symptoms. Just before and after this videothe participants need to fill this questionnaire, which will measure their attitude towards thementally disabled. All items were scored so that the higher the number of score therepresentation of the negative attitude will also be higher. However, this study assures thatNew Zealand as few other Nationalities detain certain negative attitudes for the mentally ill. Article 2Casados, A. T. (2017). Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness: Current Approaches andFuture Directions.Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.In this article, it has been found that the stigma related to the mental illnessesobstructs the treatment used and this may further worsen the already considerable social as
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