Stigma Impact on Mental Health

Stigma impacting on a person with
mental health problems
Services improving to address stigma-
associated issues

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Analysis..................................................................................................................................3
Health inequality in mental health..........................................................................................5
Depression as mental health condition...................................................................................6
Improvement in service and intervention...............................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
This report aim to provide the information and understanding about the stigma and their
impact on person with mental health problems. This report covers the analysis and social
literature along with definition and concept about the topic. Depression is chosen as the specific
disease condition of mental illness. In this report, there is a discussion about the healthcare
context about mental health condition along with statics. There is also analysis about stigma
effect on mental health sufferers. There is discussion about type of stigma along with concept of
internalized stigma. There is also discussion about service improvement in the UK along with
intervention (Pausé, (2017)).
MAIN BODY
Analysis
Stigma has their own place in society. It is highly difficult to dismantle and overcome
through stigma when it is established over many year. Stigma refers to unfair social attitude and
negative with which is linked to mental patient for a specific group. This is the one which often
creating shame over them for difference and deficiency. In existence, there is different
application of estimate on individual or specific group. This is able to create belief about a
lifestyle choices related with health condition like mental illness.
According to Dunne, (2018), stigma in mental health defined as disapproval of society in
which society places shame on people who are with mental illness. They are related with
emotional distress like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder etc. Mental health stigma can came
from friends, co-workers, family, society on a broad level. There are different group who politics
has a stigma. This is the one which is able to prevent people from living and getting help and
leading comfortable and happy life within society. Mental health stigma is a stereotype which is
generalized belief that a people are negative, offensive and inaccurate. Mental health stigma
leads to create a quick judgement about others on the basis of characteristic which can be apply
on anyone within group. For example- people with depression have the stereotype that, they are
lazy and having anxiety. Such type of characteristics are not valued and are misinformed which
is for preventing people for getting help which they need. It has been politicized is stereotype
regarding any patient with mental health issue that a such type of people are dangerous and

violent. However, there are only few cases in which people with mental health illness are violent
or dangerous rather than it all act as a normal.
According to mental health Foundation, it has been found that there are 9 out of 10
people who feel discrimination and stigma negatively impacting real life. People stated that
mental health issue within group for long time health condition. It difficult to find any work and
better relationship with others (Kern, (2017)). It is difficult to living in good housing and while it
difficult to include socially in society. Stigma is against people with condition of mental health
are likely to get various symptoms and hard to recovery. Such person, less likely for asking help
when they live with stigma. Stigma can't be expressed in large gesture, stigma involves offensive
hurtful and descriptive language which can lead to upsetting people who hear. This lead to feel
them alone. There are different effects of stigma which include hopelessness, social isolation,
avoiding treatment, lack of criminal justice, worsening symptoms, discrimination at work and
employment, low self history, negative beliefs etc.
According to Leith, (2020), there is need to overcome from mental stigma which can be
lead to get better access to healthcare and for improved health. There is need to overcome
through the mental health stigma creating awareness about the real condition about the people
who are experiencing mental illness. This can lead to create better and effective standard of life.
This can help them for learning about the people with mental health illness and can help them to
involve in their treatment. There is need to provide advocate when such people are feeling stigma
impact on their life during employment, housing for health care. There is a need to support such
people and finish the social stigma which is able to create negative impact on behaviour and
mindset of people with mental health. This lead to create depression within them which can lead
to worsening of their mental illness.
Social stigma refers to the disapproval or discrimination against person with mental
health issue. This is the one which is distinguish of society member which is related with race,
gender, culture, social, economic class, sexual orientation, along with health. This relate to create
a negative impact on the patient or persons with mental illness. Today stigma related with
association of people with unwanted characteristic which form a stereotype. It is invisible to
impact the behaviour of the person. It also save the emotion and believe (Sargent, (2021)).
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