PPT-The Effects of Culture and Self-Stigma on Public Perception and Mental Health Attributions

Dena Nashawati Advisor Nathaniel Foster Wooster Department of Psychology Introduction Purpose evaluate the effects that different cultures and perspectives have on the stigma of mental health Goal specifically look at Japanese and American students in terms of culture instead of race or ethnicity. Chapter 5. Introduction to Attributions . Things happen…. Cars break down, people fail exams, sports teams win and lose, people fall in love, marriages end in divorce, people lose their jobs, loved ones die, people fight in the streets, people kill others in war, ethnic groups try to eliminate other groups . [The reasons for the behavior of others and ourselves; WHY they/we behave a certain way, e.g., the cause of behavior]. Fritz . Heider. : One of the founders of attribution theory. Viewed people as amateur (naive) scientists – trying to figure out causes of behavior and assigning . greater. . discrepancies. between self-attributions and other-attributions causes . embarrassment. When we view the self as more . ridiculous. than we think other people view us, this causes . embarrassment. November 13, 2013. PARTNERS FOR MENTAL HEALTH. . / PFMH will . transform. the way Canadians of all ages think about, and act towards people living with a mental health problem or illness . / PFMH will . What is the availability heuristic?. Information that is most easily assessable or available is seen as more likely to occur . What is the false consensus effect?. The tendency to overestimate the degree of agreement between one’s own thoughts, feelings, behavior, characteristics, etc. especially if they are negative “Everyone does it” . Hadrian Mendoza & Akihiko Masuda, PhD.. Georgia State University. Background. Measures/Procedure. Anonymous web-based survey.. Help-seeking . attitudes. . The Attitudes toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help. Great Minds @ Work. Webinar Series:. Presented By. Mike Hudson. Washington Business . Alliance. A Little Personal Perspective…. . GM@W Mission:. . Great Minds @ Work: (1) Making the business case for hiring people with behavioral health challenges. (2) Aiding job seekers with behavioral health challenges return to work. (3) . A HISTORICAL THESIS. By: Edith Gonzalez. California State University, Long Beach. May 2012. Introduction. People who have mental illness encounter various challenges that complicate their lives caused from stigma on mental illness, such as lack of social support, housing, employment, and affecting their mental health treatment (. PRESENTATION . BY. SR.CAROLINE RUKUNGA. INTRODUCTION. Definitions. Stigma is a powerful social process of devaluing people or groups based on a real or perceived difference—such as gender, age, sexual orientation, behavior, or ethnicity, health status etc.. Autism stigma and its links with ethnicity and culture Dr Chris Papadopoulos University of Bedfordshire What is stigma? The term ‘stigma’ originally comes from the Greek word ‘ stig ’ which means “a mark, dot, puncture”. Ancient Greeks used it to highlight slaves or anyone of inferior social status. This leaet has been produced by Time to Change, an anti-stigma campaign run by the leading mental health charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness in England.For more information about the Global Looking after ourselves. Respect each other . Let people speak – no interrupting. No wrong answers. Confidential. Introductions. Introduce yourself to your partner and say 3 things you are good at. . Agenda. Key definitions and ideas of stigma (. lecture. ). Effects of stigma on women’s wellbeing (. lecture. ). Stigma and abortion providers (. lecture. ). Locating stigma in our physical space (. LAWRENCE YANG, PH.D.. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR. DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. R01 MH096027-01 .