HPR 162 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Deinstitutionalisation

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Individuals often act strangely towards or think negatively of those with mental illnesses. Stigma interferes with how you can get help. It affects not only the patient, but also their family, friends and relationships. Compassion fatigue- getting resentful and tired of an individual with a mental illness. Other children in the family may get neglected because their sibling with an illness gets all their parent"s attention. Dealing with their own stigma--- becomes isolating. If someone suffering from a mental illness attempts to suppress their symptoms, it will only escalate. How society treats these individuals- neglects and shuns them. Lack of funding for both treatment and housing. Housing is cheaper than paying for the incarceration of these individuals. A system that is designed to discourage people. Some practitioners provide treatment at a reduced fee, in order to help patients who may not be able to pay for full priced treatment. Help to make sure people understand mental illness.

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