Stigma related to mental health | Psychology course Research project presentation

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STOP STIGMA RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH

FAST-NU
COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
PSYCHOLOGY
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Miss sumarahrashid
Section: GR-4
Group members:
Taban Shaukat 16K3937
Huzaifah Punjani 16K3924
Anas Bin Faisal 16K4064
Abeer Zehra 16K4068
Maria Ahmed 16K4058

What is stigma
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 Stigma is a perceived negative attribute
 Can be defined using words like hate & discrimination.
 Two types of Stigma. Stigma
Public Stigma:
Society collectively reinforces negative
stereotypes about mental illness.
Self-stigma:
when individuals accept the negative attitudes of
society and come to believe they are less worthy
of respect than others due to their illness.

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What is Mental Health stigma?

What is Mental health stigma
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 Mental health conditions which affects our mood, thinking, & behavior.
 It causes mild to severe disturbances in thought and behavior.
 Causes inability to cope with life’s routine.

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Attitude of society towards
mental health

Attitude towards mental health
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 There are still attitudes within most societies that view symptoms of psychopathology as
threatening and uncomfortable.
 These attitudes frequently foster stigma and discrimination towards people with
mental health problems.
 Such reactions are common when people are brave enough to admit they have a mental
health problem.
 They can often lead on to various forms of exclusion or discrimination – either within social
circles or within the workplace.

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key myths and facts about mental health
problem in our society

key myths and facts about mental health problem in our
society:
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 Person with mental health problem can’t be recovered. Actually, mentally ill people can get
better.
 Therapy is a wastage of time when you can get a pill. But it depends on individual, treatment
might include therapy, medication or both.
 Friends and family can’t do anything for person suffering from mental health issues. But the
fact is that loved ones can be important influences to help someone get treatment and service
they need.
 Another myth regarding mental illness is that prevention doesn’t works. In fact it is possible to
prevent mental illness.

SURVEY ANALYSIS
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The purpose:
To analyze the knowledge and attitude of the people
towards mental illness.
This will help us in stopping the mental health stigma.

SURVEY ANALYSIS
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15 participants
8 males 7 females
2 were from 35-55 2 were from 35-556 were from 17-34 5 were from 17-34
10 Questions

QUESTION 1
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5
3
1
4
2
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
NEITHER AGREE NOR
DISAGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
Female Male
 Most of the participants
agreed that anyone can have
mental health issues.
 Only one female disagreed to
this.
Anyone can have a Mental health problem.

QUESTION 2
 Mixed reviews.
 participants neither agreed or
disagreed that they will not be
embarrassed to discuss their
personal experience
associated with it.
 Surprisingly, equal number of
males strongly agreed and
disagreed.
I would be too embarrassed to tell anyone that I have a Mental health Problem.
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4
2
1
3
3
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
NEITHER AGREE NOR DISAGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
Female Male

QUESTION 3
 Mixed reviews on violence as
a significant characteristic in
individuals suffering from
psychological illnesses.
People with mental health problems are likely to be violent.
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2
3
2
2
1
2
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
Female Male

QUESTION 4
 Mixed opinions as some
people have found it easy to
spot people with mental
illness while some have found
it confusing when identifying
some one with a mental
health issue.
Its easy to spot someone with a mental health problem.
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2
4
4
3
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
Female Male

QUESTION 5
 Majority of the Participants
disagreed that psychological
illnesses are curable and they
are well aware of ways to deal
with them effectively.
 Few agreed to this too.
Once you have a mental health problem you have it for life.
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1
2
2
2
4
1
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
Female Male

QUESTION 6
 Majority of the participants
can’t seem to decide whether
people with mental health
problem should be given an
equal right to job or not.
 Few also disagreed to this.
Someone with a mental health problem should have a same right to a job as anyone else.
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4
1
2
2
1
3
1
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
Female Male

QUESTION 7
disagreed that there is no
problem in living next door to
someone with mental health
issues.
I would not want to live next door to someone with a mental health problem.
4
3
1
3
1
2
1
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
Female Male

QUESTION 8
disagreed that a person
should be put into hospital
when he/she shows the sign
of mental health.
As soon as a person shows signs of a mental health problem they should be put into
hospital.
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4
2
3
3
1
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
Female Male

QUESTION 9
disagreed that a person with
mental illness gets hurts when
abused using words like
nutter, psycho and loony.
Using Words like ‘Nutter’, ‘Psycho’, ‘Loony’ is just a bit of fun. No one gets hurt.
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3
1
4
2
1
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
Female Male

QUESTION 10
 Mixed reviews.
 participants agreed as well as
were confused on how they
will seek help if they will
encounter the mental illness
issue.
If I thought I had mental health problem I would know how to get help.
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2
2
2
1
4
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
Female Male

SURVEY Result
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Our result shows that:
 Our population is not well aware about Mental Health issues.
 Majority of the people have negative outlook towards Mental Health issues.
 Some of the people have positive views about mental health issues.
 Population does not have utmost potential to stop the stigma associated with it.

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Discussion andrecommendation

Discussion based on results
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Why hard to talk about mental health?
 Shame, stigma and the fear of weak.
 It's just so easy, and tempting, to say nothing.
 Fear of not being understood.
 Fear of making things worse.
How this stigma interfere with mental health care?
 People don’t seek for mental health care to avoid the label of mental illness.
 It diminishes self-esteem and robs people of social opportunities.
 Stigma makes a person unacceptable in the society that leads to worsen
mental health condition.
 Feeling shame would resist disclosure which would result in no treatment.

Recommendations based on results
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 Talk openly about mental health.
 Educate yourself and others about mental health.
 Be conscious to not use stigmatizing words.
 Be conscious to not use stigmatizing words.
 Encourage equality in how people perceive mental illness.
 Show empathy towards people with a mental illness.
 Governmental supervision of this issue for taking standard measures to control.

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