It is important that facilitators keep an open mind about mental health issues and the mental health stigma attached to people experiencing these issues. Rather than thinking of people as having a mental disorder or being mentally ill, the Erasing the Stigma of Mental Health Issues through Awareness series helps facilitators diminish the stigma surrounding people suffering from all kinds of mental health issues. Stigmas occur when people are unduly labeled, which sets the stage for discrimination and humiliation. Facilitators can help erase the mental health stigma through enhanced awareness of the factors that activate the issues, accentuate the depth of the problems, and accelerate awareness and understanding.
To assist you, each of our workbooks in this series includes a module entitled Erasing the Stigma of Mental Health Issues to provide activities for helping to erase the stigma associated with mental health issues. In this workbook series, we've used a variety of umbrella terms and phrases to address mental health issues related to the following diagnoses to help erase the stigma associated with mental illness:
Managing Intense Anxiety and Managing Anxiety for Teens
Managing Trauma & Managing Trauma for Teens
Managing Moods and Managing Moods for Teens
Managing Unwanted Thoughts, Feelings, & Actions
Managing Disruptive Behavior in Teens
A stigma is extreme social disapproval of some personal characteristic or a belief not considered socially "acceptable." Therefore, stigmas occur when people who have a particular attribute deemed unwanted by society are rejected due to the attribute. For example, people who experience bouts of moodiness are often judged unfairly as violent, unpredictable, moody, up and down, sad, explosive, aggressive, or unstable. These judgments can cause people who experience moodiness to feel devalued as human beings, ostracized from activities, rejected in social situations, stereotyped, minimized in the workplace, and shunned by others. People experiencing this mental health stigma of moodiness often feel extreme physical and psychological distress.
People who stigmatize and stereotype others bring about unfair treatment rather than help. This unfair treatment can be very obvious. For example, people make negative comments or laugh. On the other hand, this unfair treatment can be very subtle. For example, people assume that a moody person is dangerous or violent.
Mental health stigmas affect a large percentage of people throughout the world. Some common stigmas are associated with physical disabilities, mental health conditions, age, body type, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, family, ethnicity, race, religion, financial status, social sub-cultures, and conduct. Stigmas set people apart from society and produce feelings in them of shame and isolation. Stigmatized people are often considered socially unacceptable and suffer prejudice, rejection, avoidance, and discrimination.
The Mental Illness Stigma Curriculum teaches clients and students how to cope with intense mental illness including PTSD, Depression, and Conduct Disorders. For more information, please go to: https://wholeperson.com/store/mental-health-stigma.shtml
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