5 Stigma that people with mental illness in Indonesia is experienced and 3 ways to deal with the stigma.
In every country, there is always a stigma that comes when they know people who have mental illness. In Indonesia, there is also a stigma that grows within the society that often makes people with mental illness afraid to speak up or even get treated. First of all, we need to understand the definition of stigma? According to the Cambridge Dictionary, stigma is a strong feeling of disapproval that most people in society have about something, especially when this is unfair. Next, we have to know about the current situation people feel towards mentally ill patients. In Indonesia, especially in East Java, there is a method called Pasung which a journal defined as the practice of confining and restraining the mentally ill. Not only that but many people think that the mentally ill are outcasts from society because of things such as the stigmas that are listed in this list. Okay, let’s get through the points! # 1 Mentally ill patients are dangerous. Many think that mentally ill pa...