2001
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.158.3.479
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Perceived Stigma as a Predictor of Treatment Discontinuation in Young and Older Outpatients With Depression

Abstract: Patients' perceptions of stigma at the start of treatment influence their subsequent treatment behavior. Stigma is an appropriate target for intervention aimed at improving treatment adherence and outcomes.

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“…A four-month follow-up was chosen because the early phase of treatment is a particularly critical time period with an increased risk of treatment drop-out, medication discontinuation [35, 36], and vulnerability to suicide [37]. Assessments were conducted by trained research assistants and all participants provided written informed consent prior to study participation.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A four-month follow-up was chosen because the early phase of treatment is a particularly critical time period with an increased risk of treatment drop-out, medication discontinuation [35, 36], and vulnerability to suicide [37]. Assessments were conducted by trained research assistants and all participants provided written informed consent prior to study participation.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, previous operationalizations of public stigma ask individual respondents to report on perceived stigma from a generic "most people" originally used in Bruce Link's (1987;Link, Mirotznik, and Cullen 1991) Devaluation-Discrimination scale, with few exceptions (Moses 2010; also see Eisenberg et al 2009 for discussion of this issue). These inconsistencies regarding the level of analysis at which public stigma truly takes place perhaps explain the mixed findings on whether public stigma has a positive, negative, or no association with severity of symptoms, disclosure, self-esteem, and treatment (Corrigan et al 2016;Eisenberg et al 2009;Gollust 2008, 2009;Hunter et al 2017;Sirey et al 2001). …”
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confidence: 99%
“…This type of social labeling negatively affects patients and their families (610). In addition, stigma further affects individuals by reducing their interest in and adherence to depression treatment (1113). …”
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