Stigma of mental illness.

Yew Min Lai · Cornelia Yin Ing Chee

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Mental Health Treatment and Access Psychology and Mental Health Mental Health and Psychiatry

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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, relationships and job opportunities. The majority felt a need for an increase in public awareness of mental illness. In contrast, the cardiac patients reported very little stigmatization. CONCLUSIONS: The diagnostic label of mental illness may render the person vulnerable to stigmatization. Possible causes of stigma and ways of reducing stigma are discussed.

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