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With the inclusion of a religious advocate in school, work, and hospital…
With the inclusion of a religious advocate in school, work, and hospital environment the stigma surrounding mental health can be reduced
context
. "She also was a staunch critic of cruel and neglectful practices toward the mentally ill, such as caging, incarceration Without clothing, and painful physical restraint."(Parry)
Reducing stigma is important because people with poor mental health don't seek help in fear of how people might see them and increase self harm behaviors.
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Salem Witch trials
“Dancing and singing were forbidden. Children were expected to spend their few idle moments studying the Bible.”( Current Events)
Puritans believed that witches were the devil's practice and when the girls claimed that Tibitua, the slave of one of the girls family, they believed the girls and claimed that the devil made them act the way they did.
In retrospect, the residents had no understanding of the term mental illness so they looked to the Bible for some answers
A recent medical study provides a possible theory, that the cause for the girls hallucinations loss of body control, death and abnormal behavior could have been a fungus called ergot.
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misconceptions
“The public expresses that the people with mental illness are unpredictable and dangerous. Thus, this condition is associated with deprivation, low income, unemployment, poor education, poor physical health and increased health- risk behavior.”( general public view on mental health)
People with mental illness are seen as weak and helpless which can lead to discrimination and even being rejected for health
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the message that a certain religion effects how a person interprets what is being preached to them and the likelihood of getting a mental disorder
“believing in the existence of powerful supernatural evil beings that seek to bring about harm in devious and unexpected ways could increase one's sense of vulnerability and make the future seem less secure, more dangerous, and less predictable. Such beliefs could increase anxiety and stress. Early anthropologists (Cannon [ 10] ) observed that the fear generated from a parallel belief in supernatural evil, the belief that one had been cursed by a powerful magician, can bring about death..”
Negative energy/ thoughts preached to a religious member makes them vulnerable and the only way to salvation to take part in heinous acts
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implementing religous support in school, work and hospitals
people are less likely to commit a crime or have a poor lifestyle if some actions are considered sinful
"According to Erik Erikson’s Social-Emotional Development Teory, it is during this stage when an individual urgently needs to search for a proper role model to answer the big question of who he/ she is and his/her moral and spiritual aspects."(Estrada)
students should be given the option and the resources to a religious figure if they want to since religious involvement in mental health plays a big role.
"In the face of a crisis, many people look for help, first and foremost, in
faith, religious practices, and contact with clergy."