Bedlam

  1. What did you learn from watching the documentary, Bedlam? What lasting impact do you take
    away from watching Bedlam? (1/2 page)
  2. For full points, A-C should be 1 – 1 ½ pages in length total. Support your reasoning in this section
    with evidence from the Bedlam documentary and from Chapter One in the textbook. Cite your
    sources using the APA-style format:
    A. Identify at least 5 human services roles portrayed in the documentary. Refer to Chapter One
    in the textbook and describe the human service categories these providers are performing under
    from the following:
    • social care
    • social control
    • rehabilitation
    Also, the roles each of the 5 would fall under:
    • behavior changer
    • caregiver
    • communicator
    • participant empowerer
    • teacher/educator
    B. Describe possible patient perceptions about interactions and behaviors of each of the
    professional roles in relation to supporting patient self-sufficiency.
    C. Identify 2 indirect support community-based human services roles (seen or unseen) and how
    these roles contribute to teamwork on behalf of the population addressed in the documentary.
  3. In your opinion, what allows discrimination against mental illness to continue? Here, consider
    stigma related to: personal identity, family, friends, work/school, the criminal justice system,
    medical care training and provision, research bias, representation in the media, slurs and ‘jokes’,
    and/or forms of systemic injustice

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