PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Monoamine Neurotransmitter, Antidepressant, Sexual Dysfunction
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Negative attitudes towards ppl that have mental illness. Negative feelings of one caused by negative reaction of others to your mental illness: social stigma. Ppl making stereotypes against a group: structural stigma. Institutions of power that restrict opportunities and rights of those w/mental illness. Stigma in health care professionals=poor treatment: evolutionary theories: humans have naturally selected programs to avoid those tht have mental illness. Anger and punish those w/low social capital: social psychological theory: bc of the differences of mental illness ppl they are out- group. Stigmatize an outgroup gives self-esteem to ingroup: terror management theory: when thought of disorder in someone they do defensive and stigmatized responses, dangerous: media sees them as violent. Interventions that improve skills to cope w/self stigma by improving self esteem. Those tht are motivated to work on their problems do better. Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, unlicensed religious, counsellors. Professional: understand how to operate effectively, select effective treatments.
