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Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

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01.07.2014 | Brief Report

Stigma and disclosing one’s mental illness to family and friends

verfasst von: Nicolas Rüsch, Elaine Brohan, Jheanell Gabbidon, Graham Thornicroft, Sarah Clement

Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Ausgabe 7/2014

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Abstract

Purpose

People with mental illness face the dilemma whether or not to disclose their condition. We examined stigma variables and their relationship with comfort disclosing.

Methods

Comfort with disclosure, well-being, symptoms and aspects of experiencing and reacting to stigma were assessed among 202 individuals with mental illness.

Results

Controlling for symptoms, greater comfort disclosing one’s mental illness was associated with lower anticipated discrimination and lower stigma stress; more comfort disclosing was related to greater well-being.

Conclusions

Anticipated discrimination as an external threat and stigma-related stress as an internal process may reduce comfort with disclosure and could be targeted in interventions.

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Titel: Stigma and disclosing one’s mental illness to family and friends
verfasst von: Nicolas Rüsch
Elaine Brohan
Jheanell Gabbidon
Graham Thornicroft
Sarah Clement
Publikationsdatum: 01.07.2014
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Ausgabe 7/2014
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-014-0871-7

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