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Community Mental Health Journal
Published in: Community Mental Health Journal 3/2016

01-04-2016 | Original Paper

The Effects and Stigma of Mental Illness in Turkey

Authors: Gamze Sarıkoç, Fatma Öz

Published in: Community Mental Health Journal | Issue 3/2016

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Abstract

This study was planned to determine internalized stigma of patients who were monitored in the psychiatry clinics due to mental problems. It was determined that there was significant difference between the patients’ mean internalized stigma total scores between subscale scores and their gender, job, the place that the patient was raised in, educational status, working status, income level, the period spent after the diagnosis, hospitalization status, the hospital monitoring the patient and the diagnosis. It is suggested that counseling services should be planned in order to identify negative impact of the factors that influence coping with internalized stigma.
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Metadata
Title
The Effects and Stigma of Mental Illness in Turkey
Authors
Gamze Sarıkoç
Fatma Öz
Publication date
01-04-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Community Mental Health Journal / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9960-7

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