SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Erving Goffman, Mania

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1 in 20 people will be diagnosed with a mental illness and very few people discuss it with people outside of the home. Mental illnesses also are considered to have a lot of baggage. Self help alliance-all have been in the system for mental health issues. Alan"s first introduction to the mental health system was his mother who saw angel wars in the streets. She was in and out of hospital for years and often thought she was jesus. Alan was first hospitalized 16-17 yrs ago and was diagnosed with bipolar 2 (bipolar one is highs and lows and two is just lows). Over 6-8 weeks he slept for 1 hr per night and was acutely depressed (stopped functioning). He has been in hospital 4 times and attempted suicide. Depressed not stupid-we often see people through the lens of the label. Goffman and spoiled identity-accept the labels and internalizes the limitations and become the illness.

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