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Introduction

Mental health is the emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing of an individual. Mental health affects how the person thinks, feels, even go on their duties of every day's work. Mental health has been a common problem in the modern world where people are fighting against depression, stress anxiety, and other mental related issues (Nowotny, 2018). However, as victims of mental health seek help, they are often challenged by the limitation of stigma from society, friends, and the immediate people who should advise them. According to WHO, most of the mental health victims suffer in silence because they have no one to listen to the issues they are undergoing or even offer a helping hand. The mental health professional services are a requirement if the victim is to get better regardless of the victims' age and gender. Metal health affects people from different eras, and in different ways, this is the reason why it has become challenging to know how to react and treat mental issues through diagnosis and treatment (Nowotny, 2018). This study aims to understand how stigma causes mental health victims to get challenges while accessing health services and help.

Background study on the mental health treatment

Many people are not aware of how to treat people who suffer from mental health. There has not been a proper procedure through which mental health problems should be the approach. Some mental health practitioners have proposed the use of psychotherapy, group therapy, day treatment partial hospital treatment, among others (Graft Aikins, 2014.). Some researchers suggest the use of specific treatments such as cognitive behavior therapy and behavior modification as approaches to manager the surgery of mental health issues. In the treatment of mental health issues, there has been an issue of identification of the precise medical condition undergone by the client to determine the most effective treatment plan for the client. To understand the unique character and symptom of every mental disease is recorded on the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorder, the DSM-5, according to the American psychiatric association. In many cases, a combination of treatments works best, but it all depends on the type of mental illness and its severity.

Mental illness can be treated. When someone first starts to develop symptoms of mental illness, it is essential to contact a general practitioner (GP) for help. A mental health professional makes a diagnosis based on a person's pattern of symptoms. For example, signs that may indicate a person is experiencing depression include feeling 'down' for a prolonged period, not sleeping or sleeping too much, or being unable to concentrate (Gouveia L, 2017). Some doctors can find the symptoms confusing for the person experiencing them that they do not make realist. They are unwell. In this case, family or friends can visit the doctor to seek support and advice about how they can best help the person.

Psychiatry is the branch of medicine focused on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor (an M.D. or D.O.) who specializes in mental health, including substance use disorders. Psychiatrists are qualified to assess both the psychological and physical aspects of psychological problems; that is why people seek psychiatric help for many reasons (Wright, 2014). The issues can be sudden, such as a panic attack, frightening hallucinations, thoughts of suicide, or hearing "voices." Or they may be more long-term, such as feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or anxiousness that never seem to lift or problems functioning, causing everyday life to feel distorted or out of control.

Mental illness refers to a wide range of disorders that affect mood, thinking, and behavior. Mental illness can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, social standing, religion, or race/ethnicity, and it also can affect a person's family. People with mental illness often experience distress and problems functioning at work, home, and in social situations (Graft Aikins, 2014.). Mental illness is not something the person can "overcome with willpower," and can be caused by biological factors such as genes or brain chemistry, trauma and abuse, and family history of mental illness.

Mental illness, also called mental health disorders, refers to a wide range of mental health conditions — diseases that affect your mood, thinking, and behavior. Depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders, and addictive behaviors. Are all examples of mental illness (Martyns-Yellowe, 2012). Mental health concern becomes a mental illness when ongoing signs and symptoms cause constant stress and affect your ability to function. Mental illness can make you miserable and can cause problems in your daily life, such as at school or work or in relationships.

In most cases, symptoms can be managed with a combination of medications and talk therapy (psychotherapy).

stigmatization in the treatment of mental health

Many people do not know how to treat mental health. According to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, he explains how he struggles with depression, to let people know it can happen to anyone and that depression is not a sign of weakness, but he didn't have to risk much to do so (Gouveia L, 2017). An expert explains that there is no way to compare your mental state to someone else's. If you've had a particular disorder since you can remember, it might not occur to you to seek help at that time, but if the symptoms keep accruing, then a person should see a doctor. This can happen with many mental health issues, including persistent depressive disorder, social anxiety disorder, avoidance personality disorder, ADHD, and others.

Stigma and discrimination have been the primary cause of the lack of access to mental health care. Due to perception, the mental health victim failed to get access to health care services. Stigma is explained to be causing discrimination and exclusion in the society for the mentally ill people stigma affects the victims' self-esteem, which disrupts the relationship between their friends and family, which affects (Wright, 2014). shame is said to affect the socialization of the victim and those who are around him or her. This is because, due to stigma, people will avoid the victim and, therefore, no one to socialize with. Shame has been explained to be caused by several factors as follows;

Culture- culture, and belief are one of the causes of stigma for people with mental illness. In most societies, mental health is viewed to be a supernatural factor that cannot receive scientific medical treatment (Nowotny, 2018). Due to this belief, society tends to stigmatize the victim. When the organization has not cultured of given help to the mentally ill people, it will be impossible for the victim to access medical advice.

Negative attitude- According to the world health organization report on mental health, negative attitude towards mentally ill people causes this stigmatization of the unfortunate psychological victims (Graft Aikins, 2014.). When society has a negative approach towards mental health, they will not give medical services again or medical help of any kind. This leads to the worsening of the disease or condition.

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