Discuss and evaluate Inequalities in mental health

Inequalities in mental health
What you will learn
Learning outcome 1
Understand the forms of discrimination that can exist
within mental health
• A.C. 1.1 – Define the term ‘health inequality’
• A.C. 1.2 – Analyse the relationship between
discrimination and mental ill health
Learning outcome 2
Understand the perceptions of deviance and mental ill
health
• A.C. 2.1 – Define the concept of deviant behaviour
• A.C. 2.2 – Explain how deviancy amplification can occur
• A.C. 2.3 – Analyse the reasons for deviancy amplification
for people with mental ill health
Learning outcome 3
Know the ways in which agencies can address
discrimination towards people with mental ill health
• A.C. 3.1 – Analyse the approaches that agencies can take
to address discrimination towards people with mental ill
health.
Essay title
Explain the impact of social inequalities on the prevalence
of mental ill-health with reference to social class.
1000 – 1500 word essay.