NSE 21A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Learning Disability, Strange Behaviour, Norm (Social)

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Nursing
• Course: NSE 21A/B
• Professor: Christine Houston

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Nse 21 - nursing theory ii: concepts, individual and family. Stigma towards mental illness is poorly understood, often unrecognized by nurses, and impacts both treatment seeking behavior and treatment adherence. Stigma towards mental illness is a serious issue in all cultures and eth(cid:374)i(cid:272)ities, a(cid:374)d has a detri(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal i(cid:373)pa(cid:272)t o(cid:374) a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374) all life do(cid:373)ai(cid:374)s. (pinto-foltz et al. , Hartrick, 2002 as cited in pinto-foltz et al. , 2008, p. 24)4: what are some examples of deviant behaviours, going against the social norm, substance abuse, sexual orientation. Loss or lack of pertaining to self and self-qualities imply inadequacy and feelings of shame: to identify the key factors that contributes to the concept. Stigma subcategories: public stigma, what gets projected to others, how public responds to a group when they approve of the prejudicial attitudes towards a group. Self-stigma: what members of stigmatized groups do to internalize the public stigma, looking at what is internalized in an individual.