Baquiano, Marshaley J.Cabrias, Xenia Monica B.2026-08-112019-06Cabrias, X. M. B. (2019). <i>Buang, abno, kulang-kulang: Social representations of mental illness </i> [Undergraduate research paper, University of the Philippines Visayas]. UPV Institutional Repository. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14583/803https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14583/803Using the structural approach to the study of Social Representations, my research unraveled professional and lay understandings of mental illness. I also explored how social representations function as knowledge, orientation justification, and identity. I collected questionnaire data from 107 mental health service providers and 111 lay residents from four out of five districts of Iloilo province. Abric’s (2008) Hierarchical Evocation Method was used as methodological framework. My findings show that both groups align in their central understanding that mental illness is a neuropsychological disorder. My findings further suggest that both groups’ internal organization fuse into a global organization of meanings. Furthermore, both groups have a broader understanding that mental illness is both a societal and an individual affliction.x, 91 p.Mental illnessMental healthSocial representationsMental health servicesSocial psychologyLG 993 2019 P7 C33Thesismental healthsocial analysishealth carepsychological factorsdisordersSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingSDG 10 - Reduced inequalitiesSDG 4 - Quality educationSDG 16 - Peace, justice and strong institutions