Stigma and discrimination towards people with schizophrenia and their family members
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric EpidemiologyPublished 11 October 2006
Miguel Ángel González Torres, Rodrigo Oraá, Maialen Arístegui, Aranzazu Fernández‐Rivas, José Guimón
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Patients and relatives describe a great variety of stigma and discrimination experiences in all areas of life, including health care, which could help to reduce stigmatizing attitudes in society and result in healthier reactions from patients, favoring a better course of the illness.
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Patients and relatives describe a great variety of stigma and discrimination experiences in all areas of life, including health care. Isolation and avoidance are common reactions to those experiences. Publicizing these stigma and discrimination experiences could help to reduce stigmatizing attitudes in society and result in healthier reactions from patients, favoring a better course of the illness.
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