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Service users’ personal experience and interpretation of mental illness: Oriental narratives

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Background: Service users’ perception of mental illness is vital because it points out a viable direction that practitioners can follow to fully understand service users in their own sociocultural context. Material: Qualitative research findings include mental health service users’ roles and identities, their perceptions of mental illness and their personal experiences of psychiatric stigma. Discussion: While there are similar phenomena regarding mental illness stigma between East and West, there are culturally distinctive characteristics found in Taiwan. Conclusions: Based on personal perceptions and experiences, mental health service users have interpreted illness and performed the patient role in their own way.

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  • Jin Yong Wang, 2012. "Service users’ personal experience and interpretation of mental illness: Oriental narratives," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 58(4), pages 425-432, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:58:y:2012:i:4:p:425-432
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764011408000
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    1. Amy C. Watson & Victor Ottati & Patrick Corrigan, 2003. "From Whence Comes Mental Illness Stigma?," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 49(2), pages 142-157, June.
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