The status and stigma consequences of mental illness labels, deviant behavior, and fear

2021 ◽  
pp. 102690
Author(s):  
Bianca Manago ◽  
Trenton D. Mize
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
The Status

Neurobiology: A case study of the imminent militarization of biology

2005 ◽  
Vol 87 (859) ◽  
pp. 553-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Wheelis ◽  
Malcolm Dando
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Rapid Progress ◽  
Brain Science ◽  
Military Application ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Revolution

AbstractThe revolution in biology, including advances in genomics, will lead to rapid progress in the treatment of mental illness by advancing the discovery of highly specific ligands that affect specific neurological pathways. The status of brain science and its potential for military application to enhance soldier performance, to develop new weapons and to facilitate interrogation are discussed. If such applications are pursued, they will also expand the options available to torturers, dictators and terrorists. Several generic approaches to containing the malign applications of biology are shown, and it is concluded that success or failure in doing so will be significantly dependent on the active involvement of the scientific and medical communities.

Mad Practices and Mobilities Bringing Voices to Digital Ethnography

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-236
Author(s):  
Cherry Baylosis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Ethnographic Methods ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
Media Practices

Abstract There is a claim that digital media technologies can give voice to the voiceless (Alper 2017). As Couldry (2008) points out it is now commonplace for people - who have never done so before - to tell, share and exchange stories within, and through digital media. Additionally, the affordances of mobile media technologies allow people to speak, virtually anytime and anywhere, while the new internet based media sees that these processes converge to allow stories, information, ideas and discourses to circulate through communicative spaces, and into the daily lives of people (Sheller/Urry 2006). The purpose of this paper is to discuss a methodological framework that can be used to examine the extent that digital media practices can enable voice. My focus is on people ascribed the status of mental illness - people who have had an enduring history of silencing and oppression (Parr 2008). I propose theories of mobilities, and practice, to critically examine voice in practices related to digital media. In doing this, I advocate for digital ethnographic methods to engage these concepts, and to examine the potential of voice in digital mobile media. Specifically, I outline ethnographic methods involving the use of video (re)enactments of digital practices, and the use of reflective interviews to examine every day routines and movements in and around digital media (Pink 2012). I propose that observing and reflecting on such activities can generate insights into the significance these activities have in giving voice to those who are normally unheard.

scholarly journals Loneliness and Health in Older Adults: A Mini-Review and Synthesis

Gerontology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony D. Ong ◽  
Bert N. Uchino ◽  
Elaine Wethington
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
The Status ◽  
Perceived Social Isolation

Increasing evidence suggests that perceived social isolation or loneliness is a major risk factor for physical and mental illness in later life. This review assesses the status of research on loneliness and health in older adults. Key concepts and definitions of loneliness are identified, and the prevalence, correlates, and health effects of loneliness in older individuals are reviewed. Theoretical mechanisms that underlie the association between loneliness and health are also described, and illustrative studies examining these mechanisms are summarized. Intervention approaches to reduce loneliness in old age are highlighted, and priority recommendations for future research are presented.

scholarly journals Status of persons with mental disability deprived of liberty

Sociologija ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 856-879
Author(s):  
Milos Jankovic
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
Causative Factor ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Mental Disability ◽  
Criminal Sanctions ◽  
Welfare Institutions ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The Status

This article analyzes the status of persons with mental disability deprived of liberty in institutions of detention, such as psychiatric hospitals, institutions for the enforcement of criminal sanctions, police stations and various types of social welfare institutions of the home type (including geriatric institutions and homes for the elderlies). Different grounds and forms of their deprivation of liberty were examined and structured; the shortcomings in the current regulations, their compliance with international standards, and the omissions in their implementation, are pointed out; a number of unfavorable aspects of deprivation of liberty are presented, which in practice are faced by people with mental disability. Particular attention is paid to the fact that persons with mental disability are exposed to increased risk of torture and other forms of abuse during their deprivation of liberty, which can be a causative factor in the emergence or a significant promoter in further deterioration of their mental illness.

Non-Professionals' Attributions of Deviant Behavior: Mental Illness as a Non-Preferred Label

1980 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 235-238
Author(s):  
Robert J. Ritzema ◽  
Suzanne C. Fancher
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Emotionally Disturbed ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Psychological Problems

This study examined the manner in which non-professional judges (36 male and 36 female freshmen) applied the labels “mentally ill,” “emotionally disturbed,” “insane,” and “has psychological problems” to instances of deviant behavior. College students rated brief descriptions of behavior varying in severity and in type of deviance exhibited. Subjects used the term “mental illness” less than the term “emotionally disturbed” in the case of moderately deviant behavior. The terms “emotionally disturbed” and “has psychological problems” were used more than was the term “mentally ill” to describe severely deviant behavior.

Disclosure, Discrimination, and Identity among Working Professionals with Bipolar Disorder or Major Depression

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Elliott ◽  
Jordan C. Reuter
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Major Depression ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Identity Strategies ◽  
Status Inconsistency ◽  
The Status ◽  
How People Learn ◽  
Depth Interviews

This chapter presents the results of an analysis of in-depth interviews with a snowball sample of 45 people who identified as working professionals diagnosed with bipolar disorder or major depression. It explores three dimensions of their experience: disclosure versus concealment of their diagnosis on the job, exposure to discrimination in the workplace based on their mental illness diagnosis, and identity strategies they used to manage the status inconsistency between being a professional and having a mental illness diagnosis. The findings reveal how people learn to calculate when it is safe to disclose their diagnosis on the job, especially after experiencing discriminatory treatment such as being fired or demoted. They also indicate that applying for workplace modifications to accommodate symptoms of mental illness may be met with unprofessional and unsupportive reactions on the part of managers, Human Resources professionals, and coworkers, which could explain in part why so few participants in this sample sought them. When it comes to balancing inconsistent statuses, the findings demonstrate how people distance themselves from their mental illness identity in favor of the more prized status of working professional as a means of self-preservation. The chapter concludes with a call for sweeping changes in workplace culture to minimize fear and shame and maximize inclusion of people diagnosed with mental illness, allowing them to flourish in careers in which they may realize their full potential.

The pediatrician and children in foster care

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-257
Author(s):  
David Fanshel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Foster Care ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
The United States ◽  
Marital Discord ◽  
Minority Children ◽  
Personal Problems ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Children In Foster Care

There are approximately 330,000 children living in foster care under the auspices of public and private social agencies in the United States. The vast majority-approximately 80%-have come into care because of severe personal and social problems that have afflicted their parents. More often than not, they come from households that are headed by women struggling to survive on public assistance budgets. Minority children are heavily overrepresented in their ranks. Parental failure leading to breakup of families is usually related to such personal problems of adults as mental illness, poor physical health, mental retardation, drug addiction, alcoholism, arrest and imprisonment for deviant behavior, and marital discord. Sizable groups of children come into care because their parents have been judged in court actions to have been guilty of abuse or neglect.

scholarly journals Mainstream Media and the F-Word: Documentary Coherence and the Exclusion of a Feminist Narrative in The Fifth Estate Coverage of the Ashley Smith Case

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (02) ◽  
pp. 269-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charissa Crépault ◽  
Jennifer M. Kilty
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Women Prisoners ◽  
Health Treatment ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
The Status ◽  
Gendered Stereotypes

AbstractThis article offers a narrative analysis of the two CBCFifth Estateinvestigative documentaries about Ashley Smith (“Behind the Wall,” 2010; “Out of Control,” 2010) and juxtaposes the documentary narratives against claims made by feminist criminologists with respect to women’s corrections. Examining the coherent ‘through narrative’ that is constructed in each documentary, we claim thatThe Fifth Estateuses dominant medicalized conceptualizations of mental illness and mental health treatment to frame the Smith case, leaving questions about the gendered nature of her criminalization, imprisonment and mistreatment unasked. Considering the socio-political context of neoliberal and post-feminist individualism, we argue thatThe Fifth Estatepresents the case in a way that maintains the status quo and may resonate with their national audience, but which also reinforces the pathologization of women prisoners and upholds gendered stereotypes.

scholarly journals ‘You don't bring me flowers any more’: an investigation into the experience of stigma by psychiatric in-patients

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 371-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna S. Bromley ◽  
Sara J. Cunningham
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Patient Treatment ◽  
Medical Patients ◽  
Stigma Of Mental Illness ◽  
The Status ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relapse Rates

Aims and MethodA structured interview-based questionnaire was used to measure the number of cards and gifts received by 40 people undergoing psychiatric in-patient treatment, compared with an age- and gender-matched group of medical in-patients. The study also assessed the amount of disclosure of admission and diagnosis to family and friends in the two groups.ResultsThe psychiatric patients received about half as many cards as the medical patients (60 v. 112). Gifts to the psychiatric patients were often practical in nature and seldom included luxury items such as flowers. Disclosure of admission for mental illness (compared with the physical illness group) was significantly lower, both to family members (139 v. 193, P=0.041) and friends (74 v. 332, P=0.0001).Clinical ImplicationsThe stigma of mental illness is reflected in the secrecy surrounding disclosure of hospital admission and the lack of tokens of support. Clinicians should be aware of the resulting sense of isolation and shame, and the consequences for mental health in view of reduced social networks increasing the risk of future relapse rates. Reduced contact with mentally ill patients has implications for society as a whole in maintaining the status quo of stigma.

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