Can the prevention of mental illness stigma and destigmatization of people with mental illness be effectuated?

Self-stigma in people with mental illness.

Persons with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia may internalize mental illness stigma and experience diminished self-esteem and self-efficacy. In this article, we describe a model of self-stigma and examine a hierarchy of mediational processes within the model. Seventy-one individuals with serious mental illness were recruited from a community support program at an outpatient psychiatry dep...

Stigma of Mental illness

Prepared for Stigma in Mental Health: Interventions to Reduce the Burden, J. ArboledaFlorez and H. Stuart (eds.) John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Based on a presentation at the World Psychiatric Association International Congress, October 2006, Istanbul. We acknowledge support from the Fogarty International Center, the National Institute of Mental Health and the Office of Behavioral and Social Science R...

Stigma of mental illness.

BACKGROUND Psychiatric patients carry the additional burden of stigma. METHODS The views of 300 psychiatric out-patients and day-patients and 100 mental health workers concerning stigma were sought. The control group comprised 50 cardiac out-patients. RESULTS A fair proportion of patients with schizophrenia or depression perceived that stigma had a negative effect on their self-esteem, rela...

Mental illness and stigma.

he word " Stigma " comes from the Greek word " stizen " which means to tattoo or to brand. In ancient Greece, they branded or cut into the flesh of slaves or criminals so that others could identify them as less-valued members of society. Broadly speaking " stigma " is a negative evaluation of a person tainted or discredited on the basis of attributes such as mental disorder or mental illness, r...

Understanding the impact of stigma on people with mental illness.