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Mental Illness

Thesis Statement Draft- Mental illness is a common disorder that is not spoken about enough, stigma on mental health is continuous, schizophrenia in the black community, black people are less likely to receive help for mental health conditions.

  Mental illness is a common disorder that is not spoken about enough. Stigma on mental health is continuous throughout the black community, schizophrenia is a common illness throughout the black community that leaves drastic effects on one’s life. With the lack of help received for mental health conditions in the black community people are commonly misdiagnosed and left untreated.

Stigma against people with mental illness is a continuous problem that is not brought to the forefront. 

There are three types of stigmas, public, self, and institutional. 

The impact on mental health within the black community during COVID-19.

Stereotypes, Discrimination, Prejudice all relate back to Stigma.

Stigma can contribute to worsening symptoms and deter thoughts of treatment.

Schizophrenia affects 1% of the American population, but schizophrenia is still black and white.

What is Schizophrenia?                                       
Black Americans are diagnosed with schizophrenia at higher rates than white Americans.

Black people are more likely to suffer with mental health issues because of generational     trauma.

Depression, Suicide, and Anxiety are all mental health problems that are prominent in the black community

Current professionals are arguing that the increase in schizophrenia in the black community is stemming from misdiagnosis.

Black people are 2.4 times likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia than white people.

Minorities lack access to high quality mental health care.

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Psychiatry.org – Stigma, Prejudice and Discrimination Against People with Mental Illness

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Article 1

Population Mental Health Today: Confronting the Challenge 

The article is making the audience aware of Population Mental Health which is the dispersion of awareness regarding mental health and psychiatric disorders. Mental illness is so common worldwide but not spoken about enough. The article talks about how psychiatric disorders are affecting societal health, the sickness is spread throughout any race, gender, and socioeconomic status. This article has everything to do with my research because it answers the specific questions my research is based off. Efforts to improve mental health are being taken by studying the deceased with evidence of the disorder to provide effective treatment globally. It is important that we kill the stigma on mental health help and make it an easy conversation to have. People are scared or intimidated when speaking about mental health, but it is so common these times. It also shed light on how proper help was limited to certain demographic groups, starting back in the 1970s. 

Rebecca Fuhrer, Guest EditorKatherine M. Keyes, Guest Editor Population Mental Health Today:     Confronting the Challenge, American Journal of Public     Health 109, no. S3 (June 1, 2019): pp.     S149-S149.Population Mental Health Today: Confronting the Challenge | AJPH | Vol. 109 Issue S3 (aphapublications.org)

Article 2

    Schizophrenia as a Disorder of Molecular Pathways

Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that interferes with a person’s thoughts and behaviors. When going through a schizophrenic episode you experience hallucinations, paranoia, and disorientated thinking. This passage digs deeper into the cause of schizophrenia by using transcriptome studies to figure out what changes happen to the schizophrenic brain. Schizophrenia affects many distinct parts of the brain. It talks about how even with the studies there are more underlying factors of the disease. To properly understand the disease, you need to know and understand how the hundreds of genes and regulatory element in the genome. We need to understand the consequences of over and under expression of the disorder. In order to understand schizophrenia on a deeper level we need to understand biology involved by having an open mind.

Horvth, S. (2014, January 10). Schizophrenia as a Disorder of Molecular Pathways. ScienceDirect. Retrieved February 23, 2022, from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006322314000079#!

Article 3

Researching Mental Health in Minority Ethnic Communities: Reflections on Recruitment

The passage talks about the recruitment of research participants related to mental health in black and ethnic minority communities. The needs of those of the minority are often pushed to the side and catered to too late. This research is based in the United Kingdom, but it will still relate to my research by giving an unfamiliar perspective, being I am in America. In effect of diverse research participants, conclusions differed dramatically. Researchers need to loosen recruitment strategies to develop clear conclusions. We need to do more in our communities to incorporate all cultures and races in the research being done to weaken the statistics and stigma. It says that systematic research needs to be added in the process of this research for it to be successful. 

  Rugksa, J., & Canvin, K. (2011). Researching Mental Health in Minority Ethnic Communities: Reflections on Recruitment. Qualitative Health Research, 21(1), 132143. Researching Mental Health in Minority Ethnic Communities: Reflections on Recruitment – Jorun Rugksa, Krysia Canvin, 2011 (sagepub.com)