PSYC 1000 Lecture 16: Module 16
27 Mar 2018
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Psychological disorders touches everyone of us in some ways in life. People are becoming more open to admit about their disorders and seed help. Men are less likely to seek out help. Asian canadian and native people are less likely to seek help. Therapy is generally more popular for canadian and americans. Many people ( ) still do not seek help, many delay their treatment. Ambiguity of defining mentally healthy or ill. A person may just believe that he is sad instead of depressed. We do not want to see ourselves as mentally ill. Trick others and ourselves into seeing us as mentally healthy. Half of canadians said that they would not socialize with a friend who had serious mental illness. 25% said they are afraid to be around people who have serious mental illness. Strong stigma is associated with mental illnesses and people can be affected. Men are expected to be independent and strong, less likely to seek help.
