The Origins of Stigma about Mental Health
The word stigma emanates from the Greek language meaning a mark that is left in the body during the cultural branding of animals in the Greek culture. The name would gain popularity in later years only this time referring to the unwarranted social disapproval of a due to perceived or existing individual characteristics. In most instances, the stigma is based on backward and stereotypic beliefs that have a very shallow premise (Stuart, 2008). The background on mental health reveals that while the world has modernized in many spheres and most myths and stereotypes have been discarded over time, the stigma that exists in the handling and association with the mentally ill is still persistent. Ideally, …show more content…
Mental health meant that just as Descartes had asserted, there was a separation between wholesome health and mental health. The creation of separate health facilities towards the close o the 19th century was a clear indication that mental illness would be viewed differently in aspects including funding. The separation of mental health care from all other spheres of health care would, therefore, introduce a major bias and stigma in the handling mentally challenged …show more content…
Evidently, religion is a core proponent of life, and a substantial percentage of the world 's population subscribes to a certain form of religious doctrine. For this reason, any doctrinal perspective held by a particular religion has a ripple effect on congregations for many subsequent years. The Middle Ages interactionist dualism theory asserted that the body was governed by the soul; as a result, any behavioral changes that were seen as unorthodox were related to the contamination of the soul. For this reason, mental illness in antiquity was not viewed as from the psychological perspective but from the soul perspective, which was significantly associated with
The word stigma emanates from the Greek language meaning a mark that is left in the body during the cultural branding of animals in the Greek culture. The name would gain popularity in later years only this time referring to the unwarranted social disapproval of a due to perceived or existing individual characteristics. In most instances, the stigma is based on backward and stereotypic beliefs that have a very shallow premise (Stuart, 2008). The background on mental health reveals that while the world has modernized in many spheres and most myths and stereotypes have been discarded over time, the stigma that exists in the handling and association with the mentally ill is still persistent. Ideally, …show more content…
Mental health meant that just as Descartes had asserted, there was a separation between wholesome health and mental health. The creation of separate health facilities towards the close o the 19th century was a clear indication that mental illness would be viewed differently in aspects including funding. The separation of mental health care from all other spheres of health care would, therefore, introduce a major bias and stigma in the handling mentally challenged …show more content…
Evidently, religion is a core proponent of life, and a substantial percentage of the world 's population subscribes to a certain form of religious doctrine. For this reason, any doctrinal perspective held by a particular religion has a ripple effect on congregations for many subsequent years. The Middle Ages interactionist dualism theory asserted that the body was governed by the soul; as a result, any behavioral changes that were seen as unorthodox were related to the contamination of the soul. For this reason, mental illness in antiquity was not viewed as from the psychological perspective but from the soul perspective, which was significantly associated with