Mental Illness and Stigma: Has Psychiatry Done more Harm than Good?

Stigma against people with mental illness is a very complex public health problem. There could be diverse reasons for this ranging from: Lack of awareness;Fear of a dimly-comprehended and much-misunderstood illness;Illogical generalizations; andDisrespect for the heterogeneity of life. The result-fo...

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Published inIndian journal of psychological medicine Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 181 - 183
Main Author Kanwar, Ashima
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi, India SAGE Publications 01.04.2015
Sage Publications Ltd. (UK)
Sage Publications, New Delhi India
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
SAGE Publishing
Subjects
erosion of a sense of self-worth
Health aspects
Mental disorders
Mentally ill persons
Original
psychiatry and its discontents
sense of shame
Stigma
Stigma
erosion of a sense of self-worth
psychiatry and its discontents
sense of shame
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Summary:Stigma against people with mental illness is a very complex public health problem. There could be diverse reasons for this ranging from: Lack of awareness;Fear of a dimly-comprehended and much-misunderstood illness;Illogical generalizations; andDisrespect for the heterogeneity of life. The result-for the mentally ill-could well be diminished access to social determinants of healthcare, employment, and housing. In addition, people with mental illnesses are exposed to numerous health risks such as malnutrition, drug abuse, violence and homelessness. Maybe this explains nondisclosure of illness in an increasingly degenerate civil society.
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ISSN:0253-7176
0975-1564
DOI:10.4103/0253-7176.155618