1. Mental Health Labelling and Classification Systems
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." This quotation from the mouth of Juliet Capulet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a prime example of the assumptions that society makes about labels. If something or someone is labelled a particular name, then those around them will expect the named object or person to have all of the characteristics - especially the bad - that accompany the stereotypical imagery of the label. Applying a label to something does not change the characteristics of the object being labelled, however it does change the expectat...
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