Respond to at least two colleagues by reflecting on their take on society’s view of mental disorders and the impact on individuals living with a mental disorder. Explain why you agree or disagree with each of their assessments. What are your thoughts on the examples presented by your colleagues?
Colleague 1: Brooke
As mentioned in the discussion’s introduction, the topic of mental illness has received increased media attention, often directly related to a traumatic event perpetrated by an individual or group, typically plagued with mental illness. Since media clips are often only brief highlights of the event being discussed, the term “mentally ill” is simply attached to the perpetrator with little or no elaboration regarding the individual’s actual diagnosis or history of treatment. To that end, social stigma is a natural consequence of mental illness, having been introduced to the mainstream population through glorified, intense, and attention seeking means.
There are both positive and negative outcomes that come with mental illness being viewed on a grand scale due to media coverage. Mental illness is indeed a bleak reality within society, so its mention to the mainstream population can certainly be viewed as a positive. In other words, since people are hearing the term more frequently, there is an increased awareness which can only lead to increased understanding. However, on the contrary, this global understanding is a process, and the negative stigma attached to mental illness cannot be overlooked. Since mental illness is a complex state, often characterized by comorbid diagnoses, it would be irresponsible to simply group those affected into one category (Krueger and Bezdjian, 2009). Despite this fact, this is often the “takeaway” when the term “mental illness” is mentioned by the media.
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