Wednesday 25 September 2013

Quest 2, "What Is Abnormal?", Discussion. 5: stigma today

In exercise C following the general interest reading "What Is Abnormal?", Quest asks us to discuss this question, which is number 5 of 5:
  • Do you think that there are fewer stigmas against people with psychological disorders than in the past? Among whom? Why? (Hartmann, 2007, p. 176)
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Reference
Hartmann, P. (2007). Quest 2 Reading and Writing (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
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  1. Unknown25 September 2013 at 11:25

    People nowadays more accept the psychological disorders than before especially for minority in social that have a different behavior. According to information technology developing, people can know and better understand anyone who have a psychological problems. if people can understand the symptom and behavior of one who got a problem, they will easier accept that group of people to live in society.

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    1. Peter.AUA25 September 2013 at 18:01

      It's the same in Australia, and much better than in the past when I was a child. Then, few would admit to having a psychological disorder, especially one that was serious enough to require treatment. The result was a lot of untreated pain, not only for the person with the disorder, but also for those close to them.

      Today, I don't think most Australian's would hesitate to seek help that they might need, and if they did, their family and friends would likely tell that some therapy might be a very good thing.

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