The Social Meaning of Mental Illness.

Yarrow, Marian Radke; Clausen, John A.; Robbins, Paul R.

doi:10.1037/11302-037

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“…Surprisingly, most families do not report feeling stigmatized by the emergence of schizophrenia in one of their members (Freeman and Simmons, 1961). On the other hand, many family members attempt to conceal the presence of the illness from friends and more distant relatives and, in many cases, drop friends following the initial episode (Yarrow, Clausen, and Robbins, 1955). Lamb and Oliphant (1978) reported that many parents found it difficult to talk to other parents about their children's achievements-simply because the contrast was too painful-and gradually saw less of them.…”

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Multiple‐family groups and psychoeducation in the treatment of schizophrenia

McFarlane

1994

New Directions for Mental Health Services

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Section: Social Dimensions Of Schizophreniamentioning

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Multiple‐family groups and psychoeducation in the treatment of schizophrenia

McFarlane

1994

New Directions for Mental Health Services

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“…Work on the stigma associated with mental illness has been a central focus of sociologists for decades (Corrigan and Kleinlein 2005; Goffman 1963; Link et al 2004; Schwartz 1957; Yarrow, Clausen, and Robbins 1955). Despite acknowledgement of the shame and stigma associated with limited literacy, there has been less work in this area (Beder 1991; Mackert et al 2011, 2014; Parikh et al 1996), some of it well-theorized marketing research on understanding (the better to reach) the “low-literate consumer” (Adkins and Ozanne 2005; Viswanathan, Rosa, and Harris 2005).…”

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The Double Stigma of Limited Literacy and Mental Illness: Examining Barriers to Recovery and Participation among Public Mental Health Service Users

Lincoln

Adams

Eyllon

et al. 2017

Society and Mental Health

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The disadvantaged social position of public mental health service users reflects synergistic relationships among tangible disadvantage and stigma and its consequences. Limited literacy, an important factor in social disadvantage and an additional source of stigma, is virtually absent from the discussion. Employing a mixed-methods, service user–informed design, we explore the meaning and impact of limited literacy in the lives of public mental health service users in the United States. Of 267 participants, 184 (69 percent) read at or below an eighth-grade level. Next, we demonstrate levels of and explore relationships among both literacy and mental illness concealment stigma and stigma consciousness (for mental illness). Finally, informed by our qualitative data, we describe how people encounter and manage this double burden of stigma with respect to: contexts of concealment, dilemmas of disclosure, and reduction and exclusion. Limited literacy and its associated stigma are important and underexamined barriers to mental health, well-being, recovery, and social inclusion for public mental health service users. Future work should include further examination of the multiple and layered stigmas in the lives of people with serious mental illness.

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“…A few descriptive studies have shown that when a person is hospitalized in a psychiatric setting, the patient's family may suffer feelings of rejection and stigmatization, leading them to conceal the hospitalization and creating tensions within the family (Forsyth, 1994;Phelan, Bromet, & Link, 1998;Scott & Ashworth, 1967;Whittle, 1996;Yarrow, Clausen, & Robbins, 1955). Other studies have demonstrated that families resent receiving poor information about their loved one's diagnosis and treatment and feel a sense of blame for the illness (Doornbos, 2002a(Doornbos, , 2002bEakes, 1995;P.…”

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The Impact of a Family Systems Nursing Educational Program on the Practice of Psychiatric Nurses

Goudreau¹,

Duhamel²,

Ricard

2006

J Fam Nurs

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A pilot study was conducted to examine the impact of a Family Systems Nursing educational program on the practice of psychiatric nurses and to explore the nurses' perceptions of the educational program. One year after the program, six nurses were asked to complete logbooks and to participate in an individual semistructured interview based on open-ended questions and on the critical incident approach to describe their family nursing interventions and to explore their perceptions on how the educational program influenced their practice of family nursing care. Content analyses indicated that participant nurses integrated systemic family interventions in their practice and were satisfied with the program.

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The Social Meaning of Mental Illness.

Cited by 15 publications

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Multiple‐family groups and psychoeducation in the treatment of schizophrenia

Multiple‐family groups and psychoeducation in the treatment of schizophrenia

The Double Stigma of Limited Literacy and Mental Illness: Examining Barriers to Recovery and Participation among Public Mental Health Service Users

The Impact of a Family Systems Nursing Educational Program on the Practice of Psychiatric Nurses

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