Learning Objectives
To identify what stigma is and why it matters.
Learning Outcomes
Student’s will:
•Explore their awareness and understanding of
mental illness and mental health
•Discuss and define stigma and begin to
understand its impact on people experiencing
mental health problems.
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On your piece of paper draw three
columns with the headings:
•A person with mental illness
•A person with cancer
•A friend
List 3 adjectives to describe the
person referred to in the headings
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Group Agreement
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What words/phrases do you associate with…?
Physical Health
Physical Illness
Mental Health
Mental Illness
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Graffiti Wall
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What is Stigma?
The Oxford English dictionary defines stigma as "a mark of
disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality,
or person".
•Stigma is about beliefs and attitudes – often derived from
the media or those around us.
•Stigma is based on negative views of people simply
because they are seen as belonging to a particular group.
•Stigma often results in fear of members of the stigmatised
group (often based on ignorance and lack of
understanding).
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The elements of stigma
Stigma consists of three elements:
• the problem of knowledge - ignorance
• the problem of attitudes - prejudice
• the problem of behaviour - discrimination
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Stigma results in discrimination against the stigmatised
group (access to services, ability to get a job etc.) and can
lead to verbal and physical abuse. In a recent Mind
survey15 90% of people with a mental health problem report
they have experienced stigma.
Stigma / fear of being stigmatised can result in people with
mental health problems not getting help and having reduced
self-esteem or confidence. They can become socially
isolated and excluded from society – none of which helps
them cope with their illness or recover.
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Can you match the celebrity to their mental health
problem?
Jim Carrey - Actor
Frank Bruno Boxer
Gail Porter –
TV presenter
GoK Wan – Fashion
Designer
Stephen Fry –
Writer/ presenter
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Depression
Stress-Related Illness
Alzheimer’s Disease (Dementia)
Bi-Polar Disorder
Post Natal Depression
Panic Attacks
Kerry Katona –
Reality TV contestant
Patsy Palmer Actor
Marcus
Trescothick Cricketer
Catherine Zeta Jones - Actor
Terry Pratchett –
Discworld Author
Susan Boyle – Singer Britney Spears - Singer
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Can you match the celebrity to their mental health
problem?
Jim Carrey - Actor
Frank Bruno Boxer
Gail Porter –
TV presenter
GoK Wan – Fashion
Designer
Stephen Fry –
Writer/ presenter
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Depression
Stress-Related Illness
Alzheimer’s Disease (Dementia)
Bi-Polar Disorder
Post Natal Depression
Panic Attacks
Kerry Katona –
Reality TV contestant
Patsy Palmer Actor
Marcus
Trescothick Cricketer
Catherine Zeta Jones - Actor
Terry Pratchett –
Discworld Author
Susan Boyle – Singer Britney Spears - Singer
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Frank Bruno Boxer
Bi-Polar Disorder
Patsy Palmer Actress
Gok Wan – Fashion
Expert
Kerry Katona –
Reality TV
contestant
Panic Attacks
Obsessive
Compulsive
Disorder
Bi-Polar Disorder
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Gail Porter – TV
presenter
Marcus Trescothick
– Cricketer
Britney Spears –
Singer
Stephen Fry –
Writer/ presenter
Post Natal
Depression
Depression
Bi-Polar Disorder
Bi-Polar Disorder
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Jim Carrey – Actor
Susan Boyle –
Singer
Terry Pratchett –
Discworld Author
Catherine ZetaJones
Actress
Depression
Stress-Related
Illness
Alzheimer’s Disease
(Dementia)
Bi-Polar Disorder
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Agree / Disagree Continuum
Where you place the statements ion the continuum?
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Learning objectives
Students will recognise that everyone has ‘mental health’, and
the factors that can influence it positively and negatively.
Students will recognise that changing levels of mental
wellbeing are a normal part of our life experience.
Learning outcomes
Students will:
•Understand more about their own mental health, and how to
enhance wellbeing
•Understand that we all have ‘ups and downs’ in our mental
health as a normal part of life experience
•Recognise that stigma / fear of stigma can stop people
getting help when needed
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Wellbeing – a definition
Everyone has ‘mental health’ and this can be thought of in
terms of:
• how we feel about ourselves and the people around us
• our ability to make and keep friends and relationships
• our ability to learn from others and to develop
psychologically and emotionally.
Being mentally healthy is about having the strength and
support to overcome the difficulties and challenges we can
all face at times in our lives, and knowing when and where to
get help. Being mentally healthy is also about having
confidence and self esteem, to be able to make decisions
and to believe in ourselves.
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Things that affect my wellbeing
Things that affect my
Things that affect my
wellbeing
wellbeing
positively (make me happier) negatively (make me less
happy)
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Meet Chris and Sam
Both are perfectly ordinary, everyday students aged sixteen
in Year 11 at St. Kernow’s, College, Cornwall.
Chris
Aged 16. Sporty, likes hockey and football. Not
brilliant at school work but if he sticks at it he should
do OK in his GCSEs.
Doesn’t get into trouble at school. Chris lives at
home with mum and dad and younger sister, Sally.
Follows Chelsea football club. Likes surfing,
computer games and current music. Chris has been
going out with Sam since Year 9.
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Sam
Aged 16. Likes surfing and swimming but
hates other sports.
Very bright and should get straight As /
A*s in her GCSE’s if she can be bothered.
Quite often in trouble at school for being
late and answering back. Lives at home
with mum and dad, older brother and two
sisters (both younger than she is)
including baby Jess. Recently she seems
to have been having lots of rows with her
parents. Likes current music and films.
Sam has been
going out with Chris since Year 9.
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Because they are perfectly ordinary, everyday
individuals their wellbeing is “OK”. In
the course of everyday life things affect their
wellbeing both positively and negatively.
Your sheet lists events in Chris’s and Sam’s
lives over the course of Year 11. Make a graph
to chart how these events might affect their
wellbeing over the year.
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•What were the high points for Chris during the
year?
•What were his low points?
•Why was Chris reluctant to get help?
•What could have happened if Chris hadn’t got
help when he did?
•What were the high points for Sam?
•What were the low points for her?
•What were the things / who were the people
that helped them both over the year?
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Sometimes, like Chris and Sam, everyone will have ups
and downs in our lives and feel stressed or anxious –
these feelings are quite normal reactions... and indeed,
they can be useful since they can act as warning signs
to make us stop and think about our wellbeing .
There are simple things that Sam and Chris, and you,
can do to look after your wellbeing generally and to help
you get through stressful times like exams… and if
things get a bit tough there are people who can help...
Some people think it might help to turn to
drugs like alcohol when they feel stressed or
anxious. But it really won’t help. Your physical
and mental health can be affected as a result of
using drugs and alcohol
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Look after your physical and your mental health
☺ Look after yourself, get enough sleep, eat a healthy diet and get plenty
of exercise
☺ Write a list of things you like about yourself and things you are proud of
achieving; Write a list of some of the difficult things you have coped with in
the past; If you like you can ask someone to help you. Remind yourself of
these if you are ever feeling low.
☺ Reward yourself when something goes well
☺ Forgive yourself when you get things wrong and learn something from it
☺ Make time for doing the things you enjoy, even if you don’t feel like
doing them
☺ Take time to talk with your friends, family etc. about how
you are
feeling.
☺ Treat yourself from time to time and learn to relax – we all have our
ways of doing it from a hot bath to a long walk in the rain with the dog
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What Mental Health Problems will we look at?
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Anxiety, Panic and Phobias
Bi-polar disorder?
Dementia
Depression
Eating Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Psychosis
Self-harm
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Presentation Planning Sheet
What sorts of help and support can people get?
Notes:
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Public Health Campaigns
• Change 4 Life www.nhs.uk/change4life/Pages/changefor-life.aspx
• THINK! Government road safety campaign
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http://think.direct.gov.uk/#
• 'Catch It. Bin It. Kill It‘
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http://www.nhs.uk/Video/Pages/catch-it-bin-it-kill-it.aspx
• STOP Smoking
http://smokefree.nhs.uk/
• Stroke: Act F.A.S.T
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http://campaigns.dh.gov.uk/category/act-fast/
• Hands-Only CPR (BHF campaign with Vinny Jones)
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http://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/life-saving-skills/hands-only-cpr.aspx
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Mental Health Campaigns
• Time to Change
• See-Me Scotland
• Stamp Out Stigma
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