The Stigma Of Mental Illness As The Cause Of Mass Shootings

According to research, African Americans tend to have more shameful attitudes towards individuals with mental illness compared to European Americans (Ward et al, 2009; Poussaint & Alexander, 2000). Within African American culture, admitting one has mental illness is sometimes viewed as a personal weakness or lack of faith (Ward et al 2009; Boyd-Franklin, 2003). This perceived stigma often deters African Americans from discussing their mental health concerns with family and professionals. For Black women in particular, the issue of stereotype has been an overlapping factor affecting the use of services for mental illness. Sexual objectification can be linked to mental health problems among African American women.

Most of these incidents go unreported or unnoticed. Recently the alarming amount of unarmed minorities that have been killed by the police has created an outrage across the U.S. and hatred and distrust towards police. Police Brutality has been going on for countless years, but now with communication media the country sees it more often and people react faster. Many people believe it 's a race issue and that is one of the reasons and one important factor that leads to police brutality. When that act of violence does occur, most police officers aren 't liable.

Police brutality is the use of any force to accomplish a lawful police purpose. Although no reliable measure of its incidence exists-let alone one charting change its history. A lot of people are killed every year, month, and a day and it's not acceptable. The only thing that keeps people from overrunning police in our society is the respect that we have chosen to give police.

In the 1960s Police were targeted by the Black Panther party and had at least 13 planned killings of police that the authorities know of. That hasn't happened since then until the past few months where there have been race riots and killings of police. The media doesn't report those stories. They report the stories of police killing teenagers who are “defenseless”, but in reality are armed and dangerous. Police are killed everyday, even though it may not be through a race issue or a surprise attack it still happens and the media won't report the incidents when they happen.

People believed Ross Sulivan was the Zodiac due to his suspicious behavior and dress attire, also where he lived. Other people believe Earl Best was the true Zodiac because of his child’s book and his scar that is just too much like the Zodiac’s for it to be a mere coincidence. People have been studying the Zodiac for years trying to figure out who he really was but alas, no one has ever truly been proven guilty. Even though the Zodiac killer has never been caught for his 5 murders, in the grand scheme of things this is a miniscule amount, for according to pewresearch.org 62% of homicides and murders go

The death penalty is a cruel punishment meant for monstrous criminals, but what if that criminal had an illness that they were not responsible for. First, the Eighth Amendment forbids the execution of mentally retarded and juveniles, but states nothing about the mentally ill (Benza). Next, the execution of the mentally ill serves no justice for either of the families involved. Also, through the years there have been several mentally ill inmates that have been executed, and showed signs of severe mental illness years before their crime (Greenhouse). Therefore, mentally ill inmates should not receive the death penalty, because the affects of the illness are uncontrollable and the death penalty brings no fairness to either of the families involved

Intragroup relations: one of the most widely reported consequences of oppression is that of lateral violence; due to inability to direct violence towards the dominant group, violence is turned against the in-group (e.g. domestic violence). 4. Mental health issues: those who are oppressed are likely to report mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, neuroses, substance abuse issues, and stress-related

Emma Damare Professor Jones English 103 5 February 2018 Death Penalty: More Harmful than Helpful The death penalty has been around causing problems for decades, starting before the 1800’s and still creating issues today. The only people who gain anything from having the death penalty is the government. This is because they determine whether or not the inmate is “curable” from their possible mental sickness based on the crime they commit. Some inmates get out for good behavior or parole, but the rest aren’t given a second chance at life.

As stated by an online research, “A person’s whole world can change from experiencing discrimination and they can become depressed, anxious and mentally unwell. People who experienced the most racism also recorded the most severe psychological distress scores and more than 70% worried at least a few times a month that their family and friends would be victims of racism.” (VicHealth, 2009). In, addition,

Today, I Barbara Terrell, will inform you all on why the death penalty should be abolished. My son was put to death for the 1992 murder of 70-year-old John Watson. But no hard evidence had proven he was at the scene of the crime and two testimonies were later found to be inaccurate. Yet on the 9th of December at 12:52 pm, my son took his last breath.

Throughout the nation and our world people are suffering from this disease. Depression effects people of both genders, all ages, and any background. The history of mental illness, specifically depression were extremely helpful in today’s treatment and diagnosis. We know that all individuals are different and because of this, we can assume that each case of mental illness, more specifically depression, is unique in its own way as well. One treatment that is very effective for one person may not be equally as effective in a similar case simply because of the differences in patients.

That is where Vahabzadeh and the media comes in; they fill in the void with their negative reports of the illness. This leaves the general public with the stereotype that people with Schizophrenia are “…dangerous, incompetent, and unpredictable…” (Weisjahn et al 231). This creates a situation where the diagnosed are exposed to the negative stigma and fall victim to a case of self-fulfilling

Many of the portrayals are unreliable and incorrect, and they often promote negative stigma. While some may be consistent with psychiatric definitions, most representations are still misleading and can give the wrong idea about mental illness. These representations can be very harmful for people who have been diagnosed with a mental disorder and are battling stigma every day. Mental health representation in the mass media is usually incorrect and often promotes negative stigma, making the lives of people living with mental illness that much more difficult. The media must improve these portrayals to avoid spreading false information and harmful

There are many types of mental illness such as anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, eating disorder and depression. These illnesses can be harmful and cause an intended acts or thoughts. Depression is an obvious example of these illnesses that cause uncontrolled acts, but it is not considered as a weakness. Depression is not a choice, but a long-term disease because it affects the body negatively and can lead to death.

The media tends to cover only a small number of incidents, only after they become sensationalized. The tragedy becomes sensationalized after a prof of brutality such as video goes viral on social media. However, media doesn’t forget to report on youth of color as perpetrators of violence. Nevertheless, they don’t show that youth from ten to twenty four years old are the victims of murder by law enforcement, which is nineteen times more than non Hispanic White Americans (Silverman, p. 2). Other researches capture the deadly force of law enforcement and the lives taken by their hand.