STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS: COMPARISON OF PATIENTS’ ANDSTUDENTS’ ATTITUDES IN SLOVENIA
Abstract
BACKGROUND It is known that the consequences of stigmatization towards people with severe mentalillness reflect themselves in a lack of self-esteem and consequently in low level of initiativesto improve one’s status in the community. The burden of stigma may cause denial of participation in the stigmatized group. So far, there were few studies to compare the mentally illpatients’ perception of the »other« mentally ill with the perception of future professionals inmental health services. METHODS We have compared stigmatizing attitudes of students with attitudes of patients with severemental illness. RESULTS The patients expressed higher stigmatization scores towards people with severe mentalillness than the students. CONCLUSIONS Negative attitudes of patients with severe mental illness towards their own group presenta serious problem. Actions are needed to improve their identification and reduce theperceived need for exclusion from their groupDownloads
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