GOOD WORDS: Stigma, Mental Illness and Employment

This short and poignant film traces the story of Elizabeth, a gifted and highly qualified candidate attending a job interview. All appears to be going swimmingly, until the conversation turns towards the subject of mental illness. While this film is a work of fiction, research indicates that it represents a reality played out daily.

[@ninalauber]

Very insightful and well put together.

[@rimu8288]

So bad how they judge people

[@jasonball4227]

Disgusting how uneducated and judgemental people are about things they know very little about... Sadly they don't seem to want to understand...

[@MrUranium238]

I hope eventually she'll get a job she likes , I wish her luck.....

[@Unteroffizier]

I think the manager should google about schizophrenia and whether someone with or recovered/ recovering from schizophrenia is able to work. It mainly comprises of positive and negative symptoms. While positive ones can usually be arrested with medications, negatives one usually affects mood. If the candidate is on medications and clearly she was looking for a job her negatives symptoms should be well in check.Lack of understanding of specific mental conditions directly causes the manager to not want to hire her. After all, people usually fear the unknown.

[@richardlenaghen7403]

I admire the presentation of Stigma here but find it amazing to think many of us with severe mental illnesses even remotely qualified for professional positions. Maybe this is the norm. and what I've been accustomed to is not.

[@Unteroffizier]

I believe the stigma is very strong in the open employment market. I know of people who are perfectly fine, they don't behave weirdly, but still find it diifcult to secure a profession in the open market. They have to work in mental health setting because its easier to get employed there.

[@richardfoy6464]

What this fail to point out is that the candidate can't express a concern as to whether her illness will play into the companies decision and is afraid to seek legal assistance because of the stigma that will support the company. As a manager and someone with bipolar, companies have a limitless number of excuses as to why they don't hire and or fire a potential and current employee.

[@ManofSteelBitch]

FUCKING HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

[@shamakuma1967]

But this video indeed was about a discrimination. If the person was on a wheel chair she would have got the job of Paul also.