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FrequencyFrequency140identification12010080604020Std. Dev = .45Mean = 1.150N = 137.001.001.502.002.503.004.2identification100treatment80604020Std. Dev = .52Mean = 1.360N = 137.001.001.502.002.503.004.3treatment183
Frequency140support12010080604020Std. Dev = .43Mean = 1.110N = 137.001.001.502.002.503.00Figure4.4supportThe findings of the above tested hypothesis as shown by the ANOVA in table 4 above were not supported. This means thatthe respondents’ perception would significantly differ when the notion of their stigmatization is considered. As the resultportrayed already, it was only confirmed when the participants’ responses were compared along the dimension ofidentification. Thus, by inference, it showed that while the participants are unanimous, they might have perceived generallythat the behaviour of the mentally-ill is without equivocation, the same every where. Where the participants took theirdecisions on the divide especially as regards the three dimensions of knowledge, treatment and support however, the sameargument that individuals’ position to information and situation would vary as long as they are different people withatypical cultural background, orientations and life experiences would hold. The argument here is that no matter whatindividual, would disagree on a number of <strong>issue</strong>s as long as they are unique.IMPLICATIONS OF FINDINGSThe findings from this study have a lot of far reaching implications; among which are:* it showed that as long as individuals are unique they would perceive things differently.*It also equally indicated that the way the mentally-ill are treated can be greatly influenced by the way individuals withinthe community perceive them and thus affecting consequently the discriminatory supports provided to maintain the victims.* The attitude of people to the mentally-ill is continuously negative.CONCLUSIONThe study found that the stigma attached to the mentally-ill is rooted in the interactions of the mentally-ill with peopleliving within the community. Moreover, individual position and perception of the mentally-ill is greatly influenced by theknowledge they have and how they identify with the victims which equally affect the needed treatment and support that isshown to the mentally-ill. As Miles (1988) suggests the stigma attached to mentally ill people is a social stigma because it isthe reaction of the society which singles out certain attributes, evaluates them as undesirable and devalues the person whopossesses them. Gender is socially constructed and is yet another factor that generates the stigma attached to the mentally illpeople. Women are more stigmatized than men even in this dimension (mental illness). The mental disorders in the psyche184
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