A Model of Internalized Stigma and Its Effects on People With Mental Illness

• Published in: Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 64; no. 3; pp. 264 - 269
• Main Authors: Drapalski, Amy L, Lucksted, Alicia, Perrin, Paul B, Aakre, Jennifer M, Brown, Clayton H, DeForge, Bruce R, Boyd, Jennifer E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Arlington, VA American Psychiatric Association 01.03.2013; American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Female; Hospitals, Veterans; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Mental disorders; Mental Disorders - psychology; Mental health care; Middle Aged; Models, Psychological; Models, Statistical; Outpatients - psychology; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Qualitative Research; Self Concept; Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry; Stereotypes; Stereotyping; Social environment; Human; Stigma; Internalization; Mental health; Mental disorder; Models; Public health

ObjectivesThe investigators aimed to examine the prevalence of internalized stigma among individuals with serious mental illness and to construct and test a hypothesized model of the interrelationships among internalized stigma, self-concept, and psychiatric symptoms.MethodsOne hundred individuals,...