THE IMPACT OF STIGMA WHEN DIAGOSED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS

The impact of stigma when diagnosed with mental illness

The impact of stigma when diagnosed with mental illness

We should consider this form of stigma to gauge if there is an impact on the three meanings of stigma.Goffman Goffman argues that there are three kinds of unclean body stains, spots and physical stigma (Goffman, 1990). With reference to the abominations of organisms present paper examines anorexia Nervosa' This form of the disease shows itself for all to see but the real crisis is over body.

"Patches" The word is used by the Greeks to refer to a mark on a person to signify infamy or disgrace. a person so labeled is perceived as presenting a risk or a danger to society. However stigma goes beyond the concept of risk and danger. It refers to something that should be avoided or to avoid not only because it is dangerous, but because it overturns or destroys a positive condition, which has been or is something better now marked as blemished or contaminated. Stigma can be described as a form of categorization of a person (s). There is also a powerful tool of social control. It is often used to marginalize, exclude and exercise power over individuals who show certain characteristics of society coupled with the rejection of certain social groups (Goffman, 1990). Goffman also suggests that when a person comes in contact with us for the first time that we sort them.We then define their social group and assume that they are normal, thus giving them status.However , this person will hide their abnormality or assume that we know something about them? This categorization of people unconsciously and therefore, when anomalies arise, we can reduce their class and social status who feel betrayed (Goffman, 1990:13).

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