According to Dr. Graham C. L. Davey, mental health stigma can be categorized into two distinct manners: (1) social stigma and (2) perceived or self-stigma. A social stigma is characterized by biased attitudes and discriminating behavior aimed toward individuals with mental health problems as a result of the psychiatric description they have been given. Perceived or self-stigma is the internalizing by the mental health individual of their perceptions of discrimination (Link, Cullen, Struening & Strout, 1989), and perceived stigma can dramatically affect feelings of shame and lead to inadequate treatment outcomes (Perlick, Rosenheck, Clarkin, Sirey et al., 2001). SAMHSA has established a practical definition of recovery that defines it as a process
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All these are factors that come into play. In all honesty, I am kind of torn about the Recovery model for mental health. On one hand, it makes a whole lot of sense. On the other hand, I was thinking that though this is a great approach, how will this work for those with mental illnesses who do not have the mental capacity to think for themselves or the ability to make sound decisions? I think that if a person is proven capable of being able to properly handle different circumstances and situations than I think that they should use the Recovery model, but if not, I at least think that they should have someone – who is trustworthy and dependable and won 't take advantage of that person– who is capable enough to help them to make sound and right decisions. People fear what they don 't understand and they hate what they fear. If people actually took time to understand people who suffer from mental illness, I truly believe that they would change their attitudes and behaviors from negative to positive. Instead of thinking of them as “dangerous”, we should think of them as just another human being who is often misunderstood because of a lack of knowledge in society and one who cold use our
All these are factors that come into play. In all honesty, I am kind of torn about the Recovery model for mental health. On one hand, it makes a whole lot of sense. On the other hand, I was thinking that though this is a great approach, how will this work for those with mental illnesses who do not have the mental capacity to think for themselves or the ability to make sound decisions? I think that if a person is proven capable of being able to properly handle different circumstances and situations than I think that they should use the Recovery model, but if not, I at least think that they should have someone – who is trustworthy and dependable and won 't take advantage of that person– who is capable enough to help them to make sound and right decisions. People fear what they don 't understand and they hate what they fear. If people actually took time to understand people who suffer from mental illness, I truly believe that they would change their attitudes and behaviors from negative to positive. Instead of thinking of them as “dangerous”, we should think of them as just another human being who is often misunderstood because of a lack of knowledge in society and one who cold use our