Perception of stigma among family members of individuals with schizophrenia and major affective disorders in rural Ethiopia

Shibre, Teshome; Negash, Assegid; Kullgren, Gunnar; Kebede, Derege; Alem, Atalay; Fekadu, Abebaw; Fekadu, Daniel; Madhin, G; Jacobsson, Lars

doi:10.1007/s001270170048

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“…These findings accord with several previous studies from high-income 21 countries (Choe et al, 2008;Hodgins et al, 2007;Silver et al, 2011). The burden of stigma, discrimination and disrespect experienced by people with SMI in rural Ethiopia has already been reported (Shibre et al, 2001). In this study, only people with SMI and none of the comparison group reported experiencing the humiliation of being mocked by children in their own community.…”

Section: Violent Victimizationsupporting

confidence: 92%

Violence and violent victimization in people with severe mental illness in a rural low-income country setting: A comparative cross-sectional community study

Tsigebrhan¹,

Shibre²,

Medhin³

et al. 2014

Schizophrenia Research

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Section: Violent Victimizationsupporting

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Violence and violent victimization in people with severe mental illness in a rural low-income country setting: A comparative cross-sectional community study

Tsigebrhan¹,

Shibre²,

Medhin³

et al. 2014

Schizophrenia Research

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“…So, reducing stress, isolation and stigmatization is very important for reducing depression among caregivers of schizophrenic patients (38,46) and must be taken into account when planning for intervention by mental health professionals (47) , better liaison is required between psychological medical professionals and caregivers to see whether they are psychologically helping caregivers of schizophrenic patients to know about their severity of depression and treat it (36) .…”

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Psychosocial Burden Among Caregivers of Patients With Schizophrenia in Egypt

Fouad

Fawzi

2013

Zagazig University Medical Journal

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Most studies of family burden have been conducted in developed countries, thus it is important to conduct studies in developing countries, namely Egypt. Aim of the study: To evaluate the psychosocial burden among caregivers of schizophrenic patients. Subjects and Methods: A total of 120 schizophrenic patients attending the outpatient Clinic of Zagazig University Hospital with their primary caregivers, using Caregiver Strain Index (CSI), Caregiver Self Assessment Questionnaire (CSAQ), Hamilton Anxiety Scale, Hamilton Scale of Depression. Results: High level of burden was found mainly among caregivers of disorganized type followed by catatonic type, also high levels of anxiety and depression in disorganized type followed by catatonic type. Conclusion: Schizophrenia is associated with high level of burden on caregiver. So effort should be made to alleviate the burden for better outcome in both patients and caregivers.

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“…Beliefs and attitudes about mental illnesses and patients with them are related to factors such as age, gender, marital status, education level, socioeconomic level, and contradictory results have been reported in the literature in which way these sociodemographic characteristics affect attitudes and beliefs about mental illnesses (16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34).…”

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Determination of beliefs, attitudes of consulting teachers towards mental diseases, and referral reasons of their students to a child and adolescent psychiatrist

Kütük¹,

Durmuş²,

Gökçen³

et al. 2016

Dusunen Adam

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Determination of beliefs, attitudes of consulting teachers towards mental diseases, and referral reasons of their students to a child and adolescent psychiatristObjective: In the present study, the aim was to evaluate the beliefs and attitudes of school counselors about mental illnesses, and reasons why counselors referred students to psychiatrists. Method:The study was carried out with 118 school counselors. Data were collected with sociodemographic information form and Beliefs toward Mental Illness Scale (BMIS).Results: According to study results, 15.3% of school counselors stated that they referred to a psychiatrist for their own psychological problems at some time, and 32% of subjects referred their own children to a child and adolescent psychiatrist. The proportion of teachers who referred their students to a child and adolescent psychiatrist was 89.8%. Scores of school counselors were 80.41±9.32 in overall BMIS, 28.82±5.35 in dangerousness, 43.83±4.93 in poor social and interpersonal skills, and 7.76±1.81 points in incurability subscales. No statistically significant relationship was determined between mean scores of participants and gender, age, marital status, institution where they work, working duration, and graduate program they attended. The four most frequent student referral causes were conduct disorder (31.10%), attention deficit (16.10%), depressive mood (14.72%) and hyperactivity (12.20%). Conclusion:It is noticed that school counselors have negative beliefs about mental disorders, feel shame because of them, and they regard these patients dangerous. On the other hand, participants believe that these disorders lead to despair in individuals and impair interpersonal communication. According to the literature search, this study is the first investigating beliefs and attitudes of school counselors about mental illnesses, and reasons why they refer students to psychiatrists.Keywords: Attitude, beliefs towards mental illness, child and adolescent psychiatry, school counselor ÖZET Rehber öğretmenlerin ruhsal hastalıklara yönelik inançlarının, tutumlarının ve öğrencilerini çocuk ve ergen psikiyatri uzmanına yönlendirme gerekçelerinin belirlenmesi Amaç: Çalışmamızda rehber öğretmenlerin ruhsal hastalıklara yönelik inançları, tutumları ve öğretmenlerin öğrencilerini çocuk ve ergen psikiyatri uzmanına yönlendirme gerekçelerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Sonuç: Bu araştırmada rehber öğretmenlerin ruhsal hastalıklara yönelik olumsuz inançları olduğu, ruhsal hastalıklara yönelik utanma duygusu yaşadığı ve bu hastaları tehlikeli olarak değerlendirdiği görülmektedir. Diğer yandan öğretmenlerin, bu hastalıkların bireylerde çaresizlik yarattığı ve kişiler arası iletişimi bozduğu yönünde bir inançları olduğu da bulunmuştur. Çalışmamızın, literatür taramamız sonucunda rehber öğretmenlerin ruhsal hastalıklara yönelik tutum ve inançlarını, öğrencilerini psikiyatriste yönlendirme gerekçelerini inceleyen ilk çalışma olduğunu düşünülmektedir.Anahtar kelimeler: Tutum, ruhsal hastalıklara yönelik inanç, çocuk v...

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Perception of stigma among family members of individuals with schizophrenia and major affective disorders in rural Ethiopia

Abstract: Stigma was found to be a common problem, with few differences between socio-demographic groups or between types of mental disorder. Beliefs about causes differ from those held by professionals. Popular beliefs and attitudes must be taken into account when planning for intervention.

Cited by 231 publications

References 12 publications

Violence and violent victimization in people with severe mental illness in a rural low-income country setting: A comparative cross-sectional community study

Violence and violent victimization in people with severe mental illness in a rural low-income country setting: A comparative cross-sectional community study

Psychosocial Burden Among Caregivers of Patients With Schizophrenia in Egypt

Determination of beliefs, attitudes of consulting teachers towards mental diseases, and referral reasons of their students to a child and adolescent psychiatrist

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