Before any diagnosis, Kofi misses several shifts at the warehouse where he works. His supervisor calls him unreliable and stops offering him overtime. A year later Kofi is diagnosed with depression and tells his manager. He is then passed over for promotion, and when he sees his GP about chest pain, the pain is put down to anxiety.
Explain how discrimination affects Kofi before and after his diagnosis.
69 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 3.1 Key Concepts, covering 3.1.1 Defining mental health and prevalence, 3.1.2 Incidence of mental health problems over time, 3.1.3 Effects of stigma and discrimination, and 3.1.4 Effects on wider society. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.