Journal on Mental Illness and Abnormal Psychology Part (1) Review the following sources from this week’s assigned reading: (a) Maschio, J, (2014) MENTAL ILLNESS AND COMMON PERCEPTIONS. Watch the video (Unpublished).
(b)National Institute of Health. (2002). Understanding the impact of stigma on people with mental illness. World Psychiatry,1(1), 16-20. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC148983…
Part (2): Interview three people by asking them the following questions:
What is Mental Illness?
Can People with Mental Illness be helped?
Are people with mental illness dangerous to society?
Can people with mental illness “Snap out” of it?
Explain 1-2 paragraphs whether you believe that the interviewees’ attitudes represent what the greater society believes about mental illness.
References: Mental Health America. (2013). Public Understanding and Comfort with Mental Illnesses still Lag behind other major diseases. Retrieved from: http://www.nmha.org/index.cfm?objectid=FD502854-13…
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Association of County Behavioral Health & Developmental Disability Directors, National Institute of Mental Health, the Carter Center Mental Health Program. (2012).
Attitudes towards mental health illness:
Results from the behavioral risk factors surveillance system
. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/hrqol/Mental_Health_Reports/pdf/BRFSS_Full%20Report.pdf
