Individual strategies for coping with the stigma of severe mental illness
Cognitive and Behavioral PracticePublished 1 December 1998
E. Paul Holmes, L. Philip River
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Abstract
Persons with severe mental illness must cope not only with the symptoms of their disease but also with social and self-stigma. Societal attitudes toward severe mental illness lead to lost opportunities for education, employment, and housing. Self-stigma occurs when individuals assimilate social stereotypes about themselves as persons with severe mental illness. Self-stigma results in a loss of self-esteem, diminished self-efficacy, and a hesitancy to participate in society at large. This paper will outline a number of cognitive behavioral strategies for coping with social and self-stigma, including secrecy, selective disclosure, Socratic questioning, and cost/benefit analysis.
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