Beliefs, stigma and discrimination associated with mental health problems in Uganda : implications for theory and practice

Stigma related to mental health problems can be divided into perceived public stigma/stereotype aware- ness (participants ’ beliefs that in general people with mental illness

Educational level, mental illness experience, and, particularly, mental illness knowledge, were other powerful and consistent stigma explanatory factors, although the stigma affect

'Your experiences were your tools.' How personal experience of mental health problems informs mental health nursing practice.. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing,

In this paper we explore three barriers to care; the anticipated public stigma of mental health problems, which is a set of ideas, beliefs, and expectations that a person believes

Theme 1 showed an emotional reaction on people with mental health problems, addressed research question 3 ; How do mental health professional teams in Saudi Arabia influence issues

 H1a: Perceived stigma of substance abuse is associated with higher internalized stigma, higher internalized shame, and lower mental health and well-being

abundance of self-stigma endorsement (Judd et al, 2008). It is therefore suggested that males are the gender group that are the most affected by mental health stigma; this makes

In relation to the pattern of use of coping orientations, 81% of mental health service users reported more than one coping orientation which is consistent with stigma-coping