Mental Illness Interview

Mental illness is not a new concept or illness; however, not many people know are comfortable discussing mental illness. This discomfort may stem from the stigma that follows mental illness of the adaptive response to keep it private from the public. When first approaching each interviewee about their perception of mental illness, they seem uncertain to say yes because of the fear of offending someone or saying something wrong. At points during the interview, it was clear people were not comfortable discussing certain questions; however, everyone seemed to answer to the best of their knowledge with honesty. Interviewee One was a male Austin College student majoring in Business Admin, Interviewee Two was a male early twenties, and Interviewee …show more content…
Mental illness information should come from a knowledge-based such as reading books or scholarly journals or taking a class on mental illness. Interviewee Three agreed with Interviewee One on most knowledge comes from what a person experiences, such as movies, TV shows, or the people they meet. She said most knowledge should come from people who experience mental illness: the person who has the disorder or people surrounding him/her: friends, family, or therapist. This contradicts what Interviewee Two states because according to interviewee Two most knowledge of mental illness comes from the people you meet or from googling a certain disorder and learning more about it. No one mentions mental illness when one is taking health class in high school. Therefore, knowledge should come from school. Schools should mention a mental illness or have a class about mental illness. I agree with his answer based on no one talks about it and if they did or it was more open about learning then there would not be a stigma attached to mental illness on how disorders are caused and how people with mental illness act, for example, a person can highly functional with a