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Cecilia McGough had a secret. A secret that she was too scared and too embarrassed to tell anyone that she has schizophrenia. She thinks that schizophrenia serves as an umbrella-like diagnosis from NAMI that shows different symptoms having schizophrenia such as delusions and hallucinations. And the story begins when she started hallucinating, She started seeing, hearing, and feeling things that weren’t there.
For example, she was followed by a clown that looked very similar to Pennywise from the IT movie. Then, she thinks that her life is a bit like a dark comedy because she has an issue with red and white colors. After all, that color reminds her of the clown.
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She explains about someone who has hallucinations and delusions about something that is not real for other people but it is real for someone who is diagnosed with schizophrenia. She thinks it is like a nightmare but you can’t wake up. She also tells the audience her story that she’s not much different than the rest of you we all see hear and feel things when we’re dreaming she’s just someone who cannot turn off my nightmares even when she’s awake.
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Cecilia McGough has dedicated her life to being a mental health advocate. This video is delivered through a TED Talks speech which is a trusted source. It presents information in a way that is both compelling and 100% credible. TED Talks claims that the information is the best understanding of the speaker and is based on information that has survived scrutiny by experts in the field. Other than that she also supported her idea using some data from NAMI or the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
Cecilia McGough has her disapproval of stigma in society. He has the opinion that we need to change the face of schizophrenia because current representations are inaccurate. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t have a mental illness and you can’t be mentally strong either. You are strong, you are brave, you are a warrior.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
She has a strong argument that if had schizophrenia don’t let anyone convince you not to get medical help. She said that it’s not worth it! It’s your choice and it’s also your right. Getting medical help was the best decision she ever made. And she believes that she wouldn’t be here today if she didn’t get proper medical help. Even those people who are closest to you may not know what you have been through. They just try to hide the disease from other people to look fine because they think that everything will back to normal.
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The other recognized form of stigma, self-stigma, is often internalized and is a
result of public stigma. It is stigma directed toward oneself that affects the individuals‟
self-esteem, motivation, and interactions with other members of society. Ergo,
stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination are three forms of stigma through which
negative attitudes toward people with mental illness may be displayed.
The stigma of mental illness goes on to affect not just the diagnosed, but the
people who associate with the diagnosed; this is called a courtesy stigma (Byrne, 2000).
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=honors_et
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The video discusses six signs of schizophrenia:
1. Delusions are when someone believes they will be harmed by an individual or group, even though without evidence. There are many types of delusions. Persecutory delusion, Grandiose delusions, referential delusions, nihilistic delusions, and somatic delusions.
2. Hallucinations are experiences that happen when there is no external stimulus. The most common are auditory hallucinations. It is when someone hears voices that seem so very real to them occurring outside their thoughts. Hallucinations can also be visual, which is the case if you see something that is not there.
3. Disorganized speech is when someone constantly switches from one topic to another, especially when there is no obvious connection between the topics.
4. Abnormal movements or motor behaviors include showing reduced responsiveness to the environment, performing strange movements, and staying in uncomfortable positions without shifting. They may echo their speech, have difficulty speaking, or have erratic and extreme movements.
5. Decreased emotional expression. A sign of schizophrenia is a lack of emotional expression that is typically expected. Other symptoms that are signs of schizophrenia include avolition, which means a lack of motivation to do anything; alogia, which means less speech output; And asociality when someone shows no interest in social interactions.
6. Memory problems. According to J. Daniel Ragland, professor of psychiatry in the UC Davis School of Medicine, people with schizophrenia have difficulty retrieving associations within a context.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
Speaker made this video for educational purposes. When they start the video they give a warning that the information they provide is not for self-diagnosing. They encourage people with schizophrenia to seek professional help from a psychiatrist or other healthcare professional.
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
The video made by Psych2Go (@Psych2Go) can be trusted because it is supported with some data and expert opinions. The videos have a mission to raise mental health awareness by presenting psychological topics in a way that is easy to digest and relate to. I can understand these videos because they are discussing mental health and psychology in the form of animated content.
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Speakers agreed on one of the facts of schizophrenia that there is no single symptom that is characteristic of the disorder and people exhibit different symptoms. All of this is supported by the six signs of schizophrenia described in the video.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
Speakers provide valid opinions supported by data from The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders, also known as DSM. In addition, the speaker also strengthens his argument with expert opinions. In the video, the speaker talks about one of the signs of schizophrenia memory problems “According to J. Daniel Ragland, professor of psychiatry at the UC Davis School of Medicine, people with schizophrenia have difficulty retrieving associations within a context.”
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I wonder if heredity or genetics can cause a person to get this syndrome. So one of the articles about the causes of schizophrenia explains this. Schizophrenia tends to run in families, but no single gene is thought to be responsible. It’s more likely that different combinations of genes make people more vulnerable to the condition. However, having these genes does not necessarily mean you’ll develop schizophrenia. It will increase your risk of being diagnosed with schizophrenia.
https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/schizophrenia/causes/
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Schizophrenia is a term that is well recognized in psychology and mental health but not well understood. Schizophrenia has many misconceptions, that include violent and aggressive split personalities and unpredictable behaviors. This video talks about what is schizophrenia, the symptoms of schizophrenia, and what do people with schizophrenia. This video is brought to you by getting psyched on a youtube channel that looks at all topics in psychology and mental health.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
The speaker’s main purpose is to explain more about delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, chaotic behavior, and any form of negative symptoms. The speaker also discusses the types of symptoms. There are two types of symptoms of schizophrenia, positive and negative. Positive symptoms refer to things that occurred due to schizophrenia. Positive symptoms are when someone with schizophrenia experiences a behavior change. They may have difficulties in telling what is real and what is not real. They may also experience exaggerated ideas perceptions or actions. Negative symptoms refer to things that are taken away from an individual due to schizophrenia. Negative symptoms can include a withdrawal or lack of effective functions these symptoms usually appear very early on before any formal diagnosis of schizophrenia, they appear gradually and often get worse at times these negative symptoms can be hard to identify and are evident.
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
Speakers provide valid opinions supported by data from The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders, also known as DSM-5. The video also made by Psych2Go (@Psych2Go) can be trusted because it is supported with some data and expert opinions. The videos have a mission to raise mental health awareness by presenting psychological topics in a way that is easy to digest and relate to. I can understand these videos because they are discussing mental health and psychology in the form of animated content.
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In summary, schizophrenia can include many different symptoms some harder to identify than others. The speaker agrees with positive and negative symptoms include the presence and absence of symptoms all of which make up a diagnosis of schizophrenia. If you feel that you or someone, you know maybe exhibiting some of the symptoms of schizophrenia Then be sure to go and see your doctor seek medical advice first speaking to a therapist is also highly beneficial.
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The speaker has a strong argument that people with schizophrenia may lack concentration at work or in social settings. People may become reluctant to work or feel. Incapable of completing basic tasks due to this impairment with concentration. They have a social phobia which might include someone not wanting to speak to people being uneasy or uncomfortable in social. Situations or being difficult in initiating conversations. So we have to stop any stigma or misperception about schizophrenia.
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Social anxiety disorder (also called social phobia) is a mental health condition. It is an intense, persistent fear of being watched and judged by others. This fear can affect work, school, and your other day-to-day activities. It can even make it hard to make and keep friends.
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/social-anxiety-disorder-more-than-just-shyness#:~:text=Social%20anxiety%20disorder%20(also%20called,to%20make%20and%20keep%20friends.
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The video is about the story of when he knew that he was dealing with schizophrenia but he also feels that label, after being diagnosed with schizophrenia, was a heavy one to bear.
So he doesn’t feel like it was one he could share even where everything began with his mental health problems. The story begins when he was around 16 and just finished high school there was a lot of stress going on there, had a new relationship and exam coming up. So there was a lot to balance already and he said things started very subtly and very slowly. He had the feeling of being anxious and being paranoid but he doesn’t think at the time that he was anything different or kind of strange. He just kind of felt that he has no certain thoughts and he thinks that his behavior isn’t normal.
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The speaker wants to share his story about living with schizophrenia, at first, he thought that the strange things in his daily life were normal. For example, he saw some fish on the floor in the car and his girlfriend’s reaction is that this wasn’t happening. It made him realize this isn’t normal not everyone experiences this so he needs to get some help. He didn’t give up after knowing he was different from other people, in fact, this video gave him the motivation that life must continue to be lived even though there are many struggles.
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Here, the speaker talks about what it’s like to live with Schizophrenia and his experiences of existing medications. Likewise, I think this video is subjective because it is based on the writer’s own observation and experience. It focuses on the writer’s personal point of view and not built on facts that others see or things others go through.
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Voice will grow to be someone who puts him down and not his confidence in a big way he just ends up with this emotional cry or be a bit annoyed and he’s scared for life. But he didn’t agree to fall into that voice, he still tried to think positive and did everything he could to run away from those bad thoughts.
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I like his strong argument that he just wanted to be more kind to himself and he would say that’s where he had jumped into his creative world even he thinks drawing and designing little characters and stories became so much to him that kind of developed that side and escaped into that rather than thinking about his schizophrenia.
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I have a question in my mind “can schizophrenia be stopped if caught early?” so I have done some research and I found this article. McFarlane championed a radical view that psychotic illnesses, including schizophrenia, can be prevented by treatment if caught early enough. His program, Portland Identification and Early Referral, or PIER, was a groundbreaking effort to find and treat patients showing early warning signs of psychosis.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/can-schizophrenia-be-cured-before-it-starts
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The video is talking about what it is like to live with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a mental illness that changes the way you think, feel, and act. It’s broken down into three separate categories, positive, negative, and cognitive.
1. Positive symptoms don’t mean they’re a good thing. It’s an add-on to your normal behavior, things like hallucinations, delusions, and voices.
2. Negative symptoms take away from your behavior.
3. Cognitive symptoms make it hard to pay attention and hard to focus.
She explained that schizophrenia’s different for everyone. Her symptoms aren’t like everybody else’s. Her first symptom of schizophrenia is in high school, she had this really crazy paranoid delusion that her mother was trying to kill her. Every time her mother try to get her to a therapist or anything, because her mother knew something wasn’t right, Michelle always thought her mother was trying to ruin her life. But she didn’t know who can help her. Sometimes she also hear voices in her brain arguing and commenting on what she is doing.
For example: She heard the voice Everyone hates you. Stop what you’re doing. Don’t do anything. Nothing. While there’s kind of like the other side of her that’s kind of arguing back with the voice. Don’t worry about anything. Just chill. Breath. You can get through it. If you asking who’s gonna win? The answer is that when she takes her medicine, the good side wins.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
To give information to the audiences that schizophrenia’s symptoms are different for everyone. She explains her story live with schizophrenia and the time she spends passionately fighting stigma. She also convinces that people with schizophrenia can live a completely normal life, be medicated, and be completely normal people.
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I think the video is trustworthy since the speaker provide data to support her story live with schizophrenia. I feel that I can trust her because she being honest about her condition, she gives the detail information on how she can deals with it. The speaker is Michelle Hammer a Schizophrenia Activist. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia at 22 after a misdiagnosis of bipolar at age 18. In May 2015, she founded a mental health-focused clothing brand. Schizophrenic.NYC is a clothing brand with the mission of reducing stigma by starting conversations about mental health.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
Because she is a Schizophrenia Activist and spends her time passionately fighting stigma, there’s a part of this video that shows she disagree with the stigma of schizophrenia. She prove that even with schizophrenia she can live a completely normal life, medicated, and be a completely normal person. If everyone would just kind of tell people that they have a mental illness, there wouldn’t be so much a stigma. That needs to go away because mental illness is so common.
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She put a strong arguments that I really like. So she tries to convince someone who diagnosed with schizophrenia to seek professional help. Find a good doctor. Find the meds that work. If you try hard enough and you really want to fix it, you can. Don’t take your medication, feel better, and then think you don’t need your medication anymore. She support it with other person voice recording that said “My advice to someone who’s going through it is be honest. If you keep telling people you’re fine, they’ll believe it.”
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I remember Ma’am Ells question “Is schizophrenia the same as devil whisper or we can call it as bisikan setan?” I think that is an interesting question so I try to find more explanation about it. In the video “Voices: Living with Schizophrenia.” If you remember that when the voice inside her head arguing she takes her medicine, and the good side wins. So I also find the article that explain if prayer solves the problem, then it was probably not schizophrenia but demonic possession. If medicine helps alleviate the problem, it was not demon possession.
So the conclusion is that medicine can’t completely stop the voices inside schizophrenia head. With medication, it’s just become more positive voice. But when you hearing devil whisper you can solve it or stop it with prayer.
https://mentalillnesspolicy.org/coping/demonic-possession-mental-illness.html
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The video is talking about what it is like to live with schizophrenia. Now and then, we’ve all thought we heard someone calling our name, or noticed a strange coincidence. But for people with schizophrenia, these can take them on a much more horrible situation. Dr. Vikaas Sohal walks me as an audience through what it feels like to be inside a schizophrenic brain.
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The speaker’s main purpose is to educate or give his audience information about schizophrenia.
1. Hearing Voices: hearing voices is the most familiar symptom in schizophrenia. In addition to those kinds of symptoms, many people with schizophrenia having paranoid delusions and paranoid thoughts.
2. Problems Differentiating: the brain is a complicated place. In schizophrenia some of the problems come because information isn’t getting to the right place, or, sometimes when information does get to the right place, the brain doesn’t know what it should pay attention to and what it should ignore.
3. Visuals and Cognitive symptoms: Visual hallucinations, are more uncommon in schizophrenia. Some people have them; some people don’t. Even for people who have them, they can come and go at times. And the symptoms, what we often call “cognitive” symptoms is symptoms related to attention, memory, concentration, and focus.
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I think the video is trustworthy because the speaker is an expert in this subject field besides that he also does a lot of research on schizophrenia so that the topics he delivers can be trusted because they are supported by the data.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
He seems to agree with the three main points he explains in the video. First, hearing voices he agrees that hearing voices is the most familiar symptom in schizophrenia. Second, problems differentiating he also agree that a brain is a complicated place. Third, visuals and cognitive symptoms he thinks that visual hallucinations are more uncommon in schizophrenia.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
He put a strong arguments in the video opening “Many of us often have the experience of thinking we heard someone calling our name and then realizing that wasn’t really the case, and we just move on, and we forget about it. Sometimes we notice coincidences, like, “Oh, there were a couple of cars on the street,” and again, we pay no attention to it. But for someone with schizophrenia, these experiences take on a vastly different kind of feeling. So you might notice, “Oh, there were three red cars on the street,” and instead of just forgetting about it, you start thinking, “Well, why were there three red cars on the street? Maybe it has something to do with me. Maybe these people are actually coming to monitor me or do something that would harm me,” and you start working through some kind of plot or conspiracy related to that coincidence that you noticed”. He not only explains a problem but also provides a good explanation and dialogue that can be understood by the reader. I really like the way he conveys the information that people with schizophrenia can have different experiences and feelings from normal people when they hear sounds
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Paranoid schizophrenia is the most common form of schizophrenia, a type of brain disorder. In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association recognized that paranoia was one of the positive symptoms of schizophrenia, not a separate diagnostic condition. As a result, the name of this disorder was changed to simply “schizophrenia.” Still, people are familiar with the term paranoid schizophrenia because it has been used for decades.
https://www.healthline.com/health/schizophrenia/paranoid-schizophrenia
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In the video, she explained that there is a genetic basis for schizophrenia. So, if you have a family history of schizophrenia you’re more likely to have it as well, although the risk is still small if you have a family member. So, that part can not be changed; your genes are your genes. However, there’s a role of environment. And so, what we know is that the perinatal period, the period of pregnancy, delivery, and just after delivery, it’s a sensitive period for brain development and schizophrenia is a brain disorder. And so, there’s a promise that if we can provide better prenatal care so that pregnant mothers get good nutrition, avoid infections and toxins, and have a lower risk of bleeding or a low birth weight baby, that possibly we can influence the risk of schizophrenia.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
The speaker main purpose is to give a clear information that if you have a family history of schizophrenia you’re more likely to schizophrenia, but there are other factors beside genetic risk. The development for schizophrenia can be from trauma and stressful life circumstances, our communities and family can also addressing those risk. There’s definitely a role of environment.
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I think the video is not trustworthy enough because the speaker only link schizophrenia with other problem situation. For example there’s a link between substance use in particular marijuana use among people who have a risk for schizophrenia, genetic risk, and the development for schizophrenia. So, If we can reduce the risk of using marijuana among people who are at risk for developing schizophrenia, we may be able to prevent some cases. There’s unclear evidence on that point, but we know that the people who are younger who use substances including marijuana may affect their brain development, and so its best to avoid those substances.
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There is a statement in the video that the speaker seem to agree “In our communities and in our families it is really important to helping to nurture children who are healthy, because we may be able to prevent some cases.” What we know is that the perinatal period, the period of pregnancy it’s a sensitive period for brain development and schizophrenia is a brain disorder. And so, there’s promise that if we can provide better prenatal care so that pregnant mothers get good nutrition, avoid infections and toxins and have a lower risk of bleeding or a low birth weight baby, that possibly we can influence the risk of schizophrenia.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
The speaker give a strong argument that explained a genetic basis of schizophrenia can not be changed, your genes are your genes. It will make you more risk to have schizophrenia but you can always blame your family history, everything is possible to happen even though there is no schizophrenia in your genes so it is better if you are trying to prevent it rather than blaming the situations.
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How we can prevent schizophrenia? there’s no sure way to prevent schizophrenia, but sticking with the treatment plan can help prevent relapses or worsening of symptoms. In addition, researchers hope that learning more about risk factors for schizophrenia may lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/schizophrenia/symptoms-causes/syc-20354443
Can schizophrenia naturally go away? like many of the mental issues we treat, schizophrenia never truly goes away in the sense that we have a cure for it. The good news is that individuals diagnosed as schizophrenic have gone on to live successful, productive lives after seeking treatment. https://www.pchtreatment.com/can-schizophrenia-go-away/
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This video is about what stigma feel like, how we can reduce stigma and help people who have problem with mental health. It is when you are feel left out or judged by people because they thought you were different from them. Stigma is a set of negative beliefs, and prejudices, about a group of people Stigma also includes negative behaviors towards groups of people. Many people face stigma because of their race, religion, sexuality, gender, economic situation and a variety of other things. People living with mental illnesses often face stigma and discrimination. This can make them feel ashamed, hopeless, distressed, reluctant to get help or accept help and feel like they are to blame for their illness.
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The speaker main purpose is give an information on how can we reduce stigma and help people who struggling with mental health problem? 1) Think about your own feelings about mental illnesses, 2) Be aware of language: avoid using words that can be hurtful like “psycho” or “crazy”, 3) Think about and discuss what you see in the media: How people with mental illnesses are shown in the media is not always accurate or fair, 4) Learn more about mental illnesses: check out trusted websites, and 5) Explore opportunities for relationships with people in your life who have mental health challenges and illnesses.
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The video is trustworthy because the speaker not only explain about stigma in mental health but also give a data that have relation with the topic being discussed. In the video it is stated that in fact, almost half of Canadians thought people use the term mental illness as an excuse for bad behavior, and 27% said they would be fearful of being around someone who has a serious mental illness. Why do some people think this way? Well…many years ago, mental illnesses were not well understood. We didn’t know how mental illnesses influenced a person’s brain or affected their thoughts, feelings and behaviors. People with mental illnesses were not treated with the support they needed, and were considered outcasts or even dangerous. I can believe the speaker because it is supported by the data not only about the speaker’s point of view.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
The speaker state disagreement on how to end stigma, the speaker claimed that people need to understand and accept that mental illnesses are like any other health conditions and need the right treatment. So we would never say to someone “just think positively and your diabetes will go away” But how many times have you heard “try to be happy…think positively…don’t be so depressed. You have so many good things in your life.” So we have to be more careful because stigma can hurt someone.
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A strong arguments is the statement to think about one thing you can do now to help reduce stigma around mental illness? It could be a small thing like not using hurtful and labeling words. It could be reaching out to someone who you think might be struggling and encouraging them to get help. It could be sharing your own experience living with a mental illness with someone you trust, if that feels comfortable and safe for you. The speaker support his key points by give a lot of example to reduce stigma around mental illness. So it is clear that all of these things help reduce stigma and keep it from stopping others and ourselves from getting help when needed.
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Mental health problems are serious issues in Indonesia. The prevalence of severe mental disorder in Indonesian population is 1.7‰. In community, people with mental disorder are often stigmatized, while in fact this stigmatization could negatively impact them. One of the most common form of discrimination toward people with mental disorder is the practice of pasung. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6217178/
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder affecting more than 21 million worldwide. In Indonesia, 14.3% of households have a patient with a mental disorder, and the majority of these are in rural areas. Family members in Indonesia use repressive social measures like pasung (physical restraint and confinement) for these patients. A study was conducted with the objective to determine the factors associated with pasung among patients with schizophrenia in Bogor Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia 2017. https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-019-2138-z
In Indonesia, where mental health education is almost nonexistent, one of the biggest problems faced by people suffering from mental illness, including schizophrenia, is stigma. Many people here still think that schizophrenia is caused by demonic possession or black magic. Family members who often don’t know what to do are pressured to take the patient to a dukun, or shaman, to be exorcised, which almost always results in disasters for all concerned. This is only one example of the consequences of mental illness stigma that often leads to sufferers of schizophrenia being mistreated, shunned off by society and sunk deeper into a private misery.
https://jakartaglobe.id/culture/stigma-mental-illness-makes-us-sicker/