Schizophrenia

An Exploration of Mental Health Stigma, Stereotypes, & Social Deviance

Alicia S. Wilson 23 April 2014

Schizophrenia Survey Please rate your knowledge of schizophrenia.

Social
Survey Psychology

Please rate how confident you are that people with this label can change.

Please rate to what extent you would be comfortable with people diagnosed with schizophrenia to live in your neighborhood

Purposeful
Terminology

Do you see people with this disorder as victims, or architects of their disorder, why?

What do you think causes Schizophrenia?

Quiz Statistics College Students & Faculty Results/ Findings

Genetic Inheritance

Genetic Inheritance and Social Environment Genetic Inheritance and Personal Environment Personal Environment and Social Environment

Social Environment (e.g. your surroundings) Personal Environment (e.g. lifestyle choices)

All of the above

Please select your emotional reaction(s) to Schizophrenia.

What are your thoughts on the usage of the term schizophrenic in our society?

Professional
Interviews 25 College Freshmen 25 Working Adults 2 Psychologists Data & Statistics Loosely Structured Knowledge Questions Results/ Findings

Alexandria Allie Minieri

Counseling Psychologist Intern University of North Carolina at Charlotte Counseling Center Charlotte, NC

Mustafa Stanley

Clinical Psychologist The Murdoch Center Butner, NC

Roderick Brown
Freshman Student University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC

Brandi Dykes
Freshman Student North Carolina Central University Durham, NC

#1 Establishing Your Territory A. Claiming Centrality - Why is this important in your topic?

#1 Schizophrenic Behavior Stigma & Deviance A. Schizophrenic stigma is on the rise and is categorized as social deviance because of the behaviors. The stigma of schizophrenic makes it

Academic
New Drafting Difficult

- Start with a story and tell a story in your research. B. Making topic generalizations C. Reviewing previous items of research

harder for those diagnosed with the disorder to get help and treatment. The stigma associated with schizophrenia and personality disorders have increased from 62-64% in 2012 to 79-72% in 2013. B. Schizophrenic behavior is should not be

Integral citations Non-integral citations

communicated negatively with social deviance. Stigma associated with all mental illness can discourage someone from treatment. Stereotypes associated with range from completely inaccurate to

#2 Establishing Your Niche Counter- claiming Indicating a gap Question-raising Continuing a tradition

accurate and people are uninformed of the facts. C. Graham C. L. Davy

#2 Raising Awareness & Proposing Solutions

Sources
Psychology Key Terms: Schizophrenia Perspective Stereotypes Social Deviance Stigma Mental Health/ Illness

#3 Occupying A Role A. Outlining purposes and announcing research B. Announcing principal findings C. Indicating the structure of the research article - (If you are doing something gout of the norm, like, I dont know, an academic plat or narrative or mixed genres, discuss your choice to indicate to your readers that you know what you are doing and that its on purpose.) - Why did you choose this unusual form?

I am counter-claiming that those diagnosed with Schizophrenia should be labeled as anything except for what they are. Yes it is okay to state the facts of their mental disorders, however, the use of negative terms and phrases are demeaning and unnecessary. o Reference: Call It a Monster For a Lack of Anything Else

Where the normality with social deviance lies. How is social deviance subjective or is social deviance rejected when it comes to mental health.

#3 Found Problem & New Solutions

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