Background Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous disorder with a burden that can vary greatly
depending on the severity and the duration. Previous research has suggested that patients …

Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychiatric disorder and patients experience significant
comorbidity, especially cognitive and psychosocial deficits, already at the onset of disease …

Stigma is a complex phenomenon described by the intersection of structures and types. In
this chapter, we describe components of these structures, which largely derive from social …

Background People with mental disorders often encounter stigmatizing attitudes related to
their conditions. Stigma often represents one of the critical obstacles that stand in the way of …

Background Stigma towards people with mental health problems (PMHP) is known to have
substantial negative impacts on their lives. More in-depth exploration of the stigma and …

BackgroundEpilepsy and mental illness share similar problems in terms of stigma, as a
result of centuries of superstition, ignorance and misbeliefs. Stigma leads not only to …

Most stigma research to date has considered the stigma of mental illness to be a universal
occurrence, but one that presents with different manifestations in different contexts. Yang et …

Stigma of mental illness and substance misuse can deter help seeking, especially in
immigrants who are often reluctant to seek help early for these issues. The aim of the …

Aims: To describe the perceived experiences of stigma and discrimination among people
living with severe and persistent mental illness in assertive community treatment (ACT …

The aims of this naturalistic non-interventional study were to quantify the level of stigma and
discrimination in persons with schizophrenia and to test for potential associations between …