Stigma and Non-Disclosure in Psychiatric Patients from a Southeast Asian Hospital

• 作者: Justine Goh Leslie Lim Yiong-Huak Chan
• 来源期刊: 精神病学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Psychiatric PATIENTS Medical PATIENTS STIGMA Discrimination Non-Disclosure EMBARRASSMENT
• 年，卷（期）: 2018,（1）
• 页码范围: 80-90
• 页数: 11页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

Objective: We compared stigma experienced by psychiatric patients and controls in various social domains and hypothesized higher levels of stigma and higher rates of non-disclosure by psychiatric patients. Methods: Psychiatric outpatients and a control group of medical outpatients were assessed for experienced discrimination through a structured questionnaire that included adapted items from the Discrimination and Stigma Scale (DISC-12). Controls were assessed on discrimination related to physical, rather than mental health issues. Statistical analyses were conducted with Pearson’s chi-squared tests and one-way Analyses of Variance (ANOVA). Results: In total, 202 patients comprising 99 psychiatric patients and 103 controls gave consent to the study. Psychiatric patients experienced higher levels of discrimination (F (1, 196) = 24.4, p F (1, 196) = 22.5, p Conclusion: Our study confirmed that psychiatric patients experienced considerable stigma and coped by non-disclosure of their condition.