A client with severe mental illness had been living independently in an apartment but was evicted
when the landlord became aware that the client was causing disturbances in the neighborhood as the
result of responding to auditory hallucinations
commanding her to report terrorists to the FBI. After
a short hospitalization with discharge to a group home, the client regained her state of adjustment
before relapse and attempted to rent her old apartment. The landlord told her he was not willing to
risk "more trouble" if her "craziness" returned. The problem the client is experiencing is
a. grief.
b. stigma.
c. homelessness.
d. lack of parity in insurance coverage.
B
The inability to obtain shelter because of negative attitudes about mental illness is an example of
stigma. Stigma is defined as damage to reputation, the covert and sometimes overt shame and
ridicule our society places on mental illness. Option A: Data are not present to identify grief as a
client problem. Option C: Data do not suggest that the client is actually homeless. Option D:
Insurance parity is not relevant to the scenario.
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