Experience of stigma in the public life of relatives of people diagnosed with schizophrenia in the Republic of Belarus

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00127-017-1365-1" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00127-017-1365-1</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-017-1365-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00127-017-1365-1</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Experience of stigma in the public life of relatives of people diagnosed with schizophrenia in the Republic of Belarus

Original language description

Purpose Mental health-related stigma affects people with mental disorders and their families. We aimed to investigate the experience of stigma among relatives of patients with schizophrenia in Belarus and formulate recommendations for anti-stigma interventions. Methods We conducted and thematically analysed 20 interviews with relatives of people diagnosed with schizophrenia. Experience of discrimination, strategies to cope with it, and requests for interventions were examined. Results A number of themes related to the experience of stigma in the public life of relatives of people with schizophrenia were elicited in relation to: (1) mental health care (difficulties in contacting mental health professionals; in getting appropriate information; lack of alternatives to hospital treatment; absence of appropriate long-term care services); (2) employment of people living with schizophrenia and (3) contact with the police. Analysis of the strategies used to overcome difficulties revealed resignation and passive acceptance, self-reliance, and emotional containmentduring crises. Despite the passivity and scepticism in expressing needs, participants suggested a number of interventions that could reduce the burden of stigma. Conclusions With respect to the public domain of life, substantial stigma and discrimination perceived by families of people living with schizophrenia in Belarus is associated with structural issues of the country’s mental health care system. To reduce the stigma-related burden, action must be taken to: (1) educate and support families and (2) deal with structural issues, by reorganising mental health services to better meet the needs of the families of people diagnosed with schizophrenia, and by including them in decision making at all levels.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30215 - Psychiatry

Project

<a href="/en/project/LO1611" target="_blank" >LO1611: Sustainability for The National Institute of Mental Health</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

ISSN

0933-7954

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

52

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

493-501

UT code for WoS article

000399171000013

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85014118358