Mental Health And Disability Case Study

Mental health and disability has had a long-standing negative stigma when it comes to seeking help. In the past several years, individuals who have mental and/or physical disabilities have been turning to clinicians and counselors to help better their understanding of their disabilities as well as increase their quality of life. The impact of psychiatric therapy did not come to light until the 1980s. It was assumed up until that time that all people have the same basic brain structure as well as same basic mental processes (Castillo, 1997, p. 5).
Seeking treatment for mental and/or physical disabilities holds a negative stigma socially because most people are not well informed about the development and effects of such disabilities. Generally, individuals believe if they seek help, that they are not able to care for themselves, which leaves them with feelings of inadequacy. Young people, specifically men, are less likely to seek mental health care and across their lifetime (Rickwood, …show more content…
There has been a significant amount of research and studies that discuss health later on in life. For some mental and/or physical disability occurs early in their childhood. There has be evidence to support the link between childhood mental and/or physical disability and midlife disabilities and higher levels of depressive symptoms (Latham, 2015). Latham adds that such disabilities tend to worsen the mental health of an individual. Young people tend to look for informal support, from family and friends, rather then seeking professional health care, which is a good stepping-stone in receiving treatment later. Typically, parents play a major role in seeking help (Rickwood, Mazzer, & Telford, 2015). Therefore, leaving me to believe that social support is the key in helping an individual who is living with a