These high figure are worrying since it’s not a physical illness it shouldn’t be dismissed.
“The negative attitudes or beliefs based on a preconception, misunderstanding or fear of mental health”
An example might be someone incorrectly thinking that all people with mental health problems are dangerous because they have seen it in a film or in the news.
“When a person performs an action, whether intentional or unintentional, that creates barriers and inequality for people with lived experience of mental health problems.”
An example of this is not inviting someone for a job interview based on disclosure of a mental health problem.
It’s shocking to think that people wouldn’t offer a job interview because they said they struggled with their mental health.
This is the judgement people put on themselves, which has often come from hearing and seeing external stigma and discrimination.
It can lead people into believing that they aren't capable of things such as: going into further education. This can result in them withdrawing, feeling frustrated, angry, experience low self-esteem and lack of confidence in their future. As a result many are at risk of defeating their own personal goals and ambitions.
Someone connected to people with mental health problems, e.g. family member or friend who experience stigma as a result of this association.
When the rules, policies, and practices of social institutions restrict the rights of, and opportunities for, people with mental health problems.
This could be a policy at work which automatically puts people with mental health problems at a disadvantage due to the wording or terms.