2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2011.02307.x
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Study of understanding the internalized stigma of schizophrenia in psychiatric nurses in Japan

Abstract: Aim:  ‘Internalized stigma’ is a construct that reflects the degree to which a person accepts beliefs endorsed by society about mental illness. Among people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, internalized stigma has been found to moderate the associations between insight and social function, hope, and self‐esteem. Among families of patients with schizophrenia, internalized stigma may not only hinder help‐seeking but also result in the families attempting to provide care themselves, without assistance from … Show more

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“…Many people suffer from the stigma of mental illness; thus, they tend to conceal mental health problems and refuse medical help . For example, in the families of patients with schizophrenia, internalized stigma may not only discourage help‐seeking but may also result in families who attempt to provide care themselves without assistance from mental health services . Moreover, concealing mental illness can seriously affect the prognosis of patients with mental illness and the effective treatment of cancer.…”
Section: What Can We Do To Improve the Early Mortality Of Schizophrenmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Many people suffer from the stigma of mental illness; thus, they tend to conceal mental health problems and refuse medical help . For example, in the families of patients with schizophrenia, internalized stigma may not only discourage help‐seeking but may also result in families who attempt to provide care themselves without assistance from mental health services . Moreover, concealing mental illness can seriously affect the prognosis of patients with mental illness and the effective treatment of cancer.…”
Section: What Can We Do To Improve the Early Mortality Of Schizophrenmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Finally, incorrect public (including physicians’) beliefs concerning the causes of schizophrenia or psychosis should be challenged continuously through education, and the internalized stigma of schizophrenia should be understood by professionals (i.e., psychiatric nurses) to help their patients …”
Section: What Can We Do To Improve the Early Mortality Of Schizophrenmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Stigma raises doubts even among professional caregivers whether people with schizophrenia could/should live in the community (Hanzawa et al . ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Discrimination and other negative selfperceptions have been documented across multiple European countries (Brohan et al 2010) and in Thailand (Wong-Anuchit et al 2016), particularly Thai rural areas (Burnard et al 2006). Stigma raises doubts even among professional caregivers whether people with schizophrenia could/should live in the community (Hanzawa et al 2012).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We recruited new nursing students before clinical practice, for two reasons: (i) nurses are key players in providing care to people with mental illness; and (ii) nursing students before clinical practice have little clinical experience that could affect stigma . Their schools were located in Aichi, Toyama, and Shizuoka prefectures.…”
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