as deviant you may see as normal. So how does one particular behavior get

labeled deviant by one society and not another? My topic is mental illness

and how it was given the deviant label. Mental illness has been

misunderstood since the beginning of time, and even today with all the

modern technology deviance is still misunderstood(1). Deviant behavior is

created by society therefore there must be some rules or guidelines as to

what gets labeled and what doesn't. The construction of mental illness as

deviant involves a step by step process. This process includes 1. Defining

the problem. 2. Railing support. 3. Applying the label.

The first step in the construction of mental illness as deviant is

defining the problem. There has to be recognition of the behavior. Someone

has to notice the behavior in order for it to be labeled. So how exactly is

mental illness defined? There is no universally accepted definition of mental

illness. The definition of mental illness depends

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but they must also deal with the negative attitudes of the public toward those

Going back to the three steps, the people in power uses their power to define

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