CRIM 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: American Psychiatric Association, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder
2 Feb 2017
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People sense of self becomes diminished in a group setting. Tattoo, a brand, burned into the skin, way to identify and brand them to life. Subject them, everyone knows this about them. Stigma is a process by which the reaction of others spoils normal identity. Stigma comes from the relationship of the attributes and stereotypes of these attributes. 4 types in the process of stigmatization. Identifying people with mental disorders are different from the rest of us. Associating differences with negative attitudes or stereotypes. People with mental disorders are locked up. Media shapes this belief that mental illness is related to violent crime. Combined effect of explortation of mental illness by the media, leading to the conclusion that the mentally ill are dangerous and violent. Disordered of the mind that interfere with everyday life. Characterized by behaviour that can"t be explained. The diagnoztic and statistical manual of mental disorder is published by the.
