Erfarenheter av stigmatisering och diskriminering bland personer med psykisk sjukdom
- Författare
- Lundberg, Bertil
- Titel
- Erfarenheter av stigmatisering och diskriminering bland personer med psykisk sjukdom
- Utgivningsår
- 2010
- Stad
- Lund
- Utgivare
- Lunds universitet
- Sammanfattning
The overall aim of this thesis is to 1) investigate the prevalence of stigmatizing experiences and beliefs of devaluation and discrimination among persons with mental illness, and 2) to investigate the relationship between beliefs of devalua¬tion/¬discrimination, rejection experiences and sociodemographic/clinical patient characteristics, social networks, self esteem, empowerment and subjective quality of life. The thesis comprises four papers. Part one of the study was designed as a cross-sectional study using a convenience sample of 200 consumers in current contact with mental health services or with earlier experiences of this. In order to reach subjects with different experiences of mental illness recruitment were made at inpatient and outpatient settings, rehabilitation units and among members of user organizations. This part of the study is presented in paper I-III. In the second part of the study 25 mental health user's who participated in the cross-sectional study were interviewed with regard to experiences of rejection related to their mental illness