Comparing Self-stigma Between People With Different Mental Disorders in Taiwan

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Title:	Comparing Self-stigma Between People With Different Mental Disorders in Taiwan
Authors:	Chang, Chih-Cheng Wu, Tsung-Hsien Chen, Chih-Yin Lin, Chung-Ying
Contributors:	Chi Mei Med Ctr, Dept Psychiat Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat Psychol & Neurosci, Hlth Serv & Populat Res Dept Chia Nan Univ Pharm & Sci, Coll Recreat & Hlth Management, Dept Senior Citizen Serv Management Chi Mei Med Ctr, Dept Psychiat Chang Jung Christian Univ, Coll Hlth Sci, KDepartment Nursing Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Fac Hlth & Social Sci, Dept Rehabil Sci
Keywords:	Anxiety disorder bipolar disorder depressive disorder schizophrenia discrimination
Date:	2016-07
Issue Date:	2018-01-18 11:37:57 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Abstract:	Internalized stigma (or self-stigma), one of the most painful effects of stigma, causes people with mental health problems profound negative consequences, for example, psychological adversity, demoralization, and feelings of hopelessness. However, knowledge about self-stigma in people with different mental disorders is insufficient. We hypothesized that people with different psychiatric diagnoses have different levels of self-stigma. Through convenience sampling, we used the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale to compare people diagnosed with schizophrenia (n = 161), depressive disorder (n = 98), bipolar disorder (n = 43), and anxiety disorder (n = 45) in southern Taiwan. We found that people with schizophrenia (mean, 2.09-2.30) and those with bipolar disorder (mean, 2.16-2.38) had significantly higher levels of self-stigma, except for the Stigma Resistance, than did those with anxiety disorder (mean, 1.74-1.87). Our results suggest that clinicians should use different interventions to reduce self-stigma for populations with different psychiatric diagnoses.
Relation:	Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, v.204 n.7, pp.547-553
Appears in Collections:	[Dept. of Senior Service and Health Management] Periodical Articles

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