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“Final For Now” Op-Ed Essay

Final Revised Op-Ed Essay

The Writer’s Argument: Society and media needs to stop The Writer’s Argument: Society and media needs to stop stereotyping
stereotyping and stigmatizing mental health, specifically and stigmatizing mental health, specifically schizophrenia
schizophrenia

Paragraph Main Point of the How/Why It Supports Paragraph Main Point of the Paragraph How/Why It Supports the
# Paragraph the Argument # Argument

1 "False beliefs about mental
illness causes significant
problems and it needs to
stop now"
Introduces my topic 1 “Stigmatizing mental illness Introduces my topic and the
and the main causes significant problems in main argument/ purpose
argument/purpose the mental health community
and people need to be better
educated now.”

2 Defining stigma and its 2 Helps people get what 2 Defining stigma and its 2 main Helps people get what stigma
main forms stigma is and they can forms is and they can reflect on if
reflect on if they have they have done it before
done it before

3 My history with mental Builds my credibility 3 My history with mental health Builds my credibility
health
4 How society has taken the Shows getting rid of a 4 How society has taken the Shows that decreasing stigma
right direction in accepting stigma is possible if right steps in getting rid of the is possible if society puts in a
anxiety and depression, but society all works stigma on depression and little effort
not all mental illnesses together anxiety

5 How media portrays mental Demonstrates how 5 How even though we’ve Demonstrates how we are
illness, mainly focusing on media has a negative decreased stigma for some heading in the right direction,
“Joker” impact on our illnesses, we haven’t been but we still have some work to
perspective on mental able to decrease it for all do
health

6 Negative side effects/ Shows the urgency in 6 How media portrays mental Demonstrates how media has
consequences that happen the issue and what illness, mainly focusing on a negative impact on our
because of the stigma could happen if we “Joker” perspective on mental health
don’t try to be better

7 “call to action”, states ways Shows that there are 7 Negative side effects/ Shows the urgency in the issue
how society can be better ways to improve if we consequences that happen and what could happen if we
at treating everyone fairly put in the effort because of the stigma don’t try to be better
and equally

… 8 “call to action”, states ways Shows that there are ways to

how society can be better at improve if we put in the effort
treating everyone fairly and
equally