Stigma and discrimination against people with schizophrenia related to medical services

Harangozó, Judit; Reneses, Blanca; Brohan, Elaine; Sebes, Julia; Csukly, Gábor; López-Ibor, J. J.; Sartorius, Norman; Rose, Diana; Thornicroft, Graham

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“…Other studies have found that when people with severe mental disorders are in hospital for physical health problems, staff sometimes treat them with disrespect (Harangozo et al, 2014), keep them apart from the other patients, or transfer them to a psychiatric unit as soon as possible (Liggins & Hatcher, 2005). Moreover, health professionals who expressed stigmatizing attitudes towards PWS were more skeptical about adherence to treatment of these clients and less likely to refer PWS to an appropriate medical specialist Sullivan et al, 2015).…”

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General practitioners’ beliefs about people with schizophrenia and whether they should be subject to discriminatory treatment when in medical hospital: The mediating role of dangerousness perception.

Magliano¹,

Punzo²,

Strino³

et al. 2017

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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This study explored the relationships between General Practitioners' (GPs) beliefs about People With Schizophrenia (PWS) and GPs' recommendations regarding restrictions for such people when in medical (nonpsychiatric) hospital, and whether these relationships were mediated by dangerousness perception. Three-hundred twenty-two randomly selected ….. GPs completed a questionnaire measuring beliefs about PWS. Structural EquationModel (SEM) was used to explore the effects of these beliefs on the GPs' views about the need for restrictive rules in hospital. Thirty-one percent of GPs firmly believed that, in medical wards, PWS should be supervised and 18% that they should be separated from other patients. SEM revealed that belief in such differential treatment was positively related to a belief that PWS need medication for the rest of their lives, and to perceptions of others' need for social distance, and of dangerousness. Dangerousness was, in turn, positively related to the belief that PWS need medication for their lives, and to a perception of the need for social distance, but negatively related to perceived capacity to report health problems. Analyses of indirect effects showed that the relationships of belief in discriminatory treatment with belief in medication for life and with perceived social distance were mediated by perceived dangerousness. GPs' attitudes about PWS appear closely with their beliefs on discriminatory behaviours in hospital, and the mediating role of dangerousness perceptions. Providing GPs with education about schizophrenia treatments and prognosis, and countering stereotypes about dangerousness, could be helpful to reduce GPs beliefs in the need for discriminatory treatment of PWS.

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General practitioners’ beliefs about people with schizophrenia and whether they should be subject to discriminatory treatment when in medical hospital: The mediating role of dangerousness perception.

Magliano¹,

Punzo²,

Strino³

et al. 2017

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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“…Depressive disorders alone affect 350 million people, while 21 million people are diagnosed with schizophrenia (1,2). All these people are at risk of experiencing stigma and being discriminated in social and work opportunities (3)(4)(5)(6) and access to health care services (7,8).…”

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The Opinions of Italian Psychology Students About People Diagnosed with Depression and Schizophrenia: A Comparative Study

Magliano

Schioppa

Costanzo

et al. 2017

J. Psychosoc. Rehabil. Ment. Health

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“…There is also evidence of an opposite phenomenon whereby non-recognition of some types of mental illnesses is higher for people with physical complaints or pain [19] or for old people with medically unexplained physical symptoms [20]. There is some evidence of diagnostic overshadowing provided by users of mental health services [21][22][23]. However, until recently little research was conducted in order to investigate the context in which diagnostic overshadowing of people with mental illness occurs and the mechanisms leading to it.…”

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Improving the diagnosis of physical illness in patients with mental illness who present in Emergency Departments: Consensus study

Shefer

Cross

Howard

et al. 2015

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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Stigma and discrimination against people with schizophrenia related to medical services

Cited by 74 publications

References 33 publications

General practitioners’ beliefs about people with schizophrenia and whether they should be subject to discriminatory treatment when in medical hospital: The mediating role of dangerousness perception.

General practitioners’ beliefs about people with schizophrenia and whether they should be subject to discriminatory treatment when in medical hospital: The mediating role of dangerousness perception.

The Opinions of Italian Psychology Students About People Diagnosed with Depression and Schizophrenia: A Comparative Study

Improving the diagnosis of physical illness in patients with mental illness who present in Emergency Departments: Consensus study

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