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Internalized Stigma and Social Functioning in People with Schizophrenia

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  • hasan sevinik

    (Health Sciences)

  • burcu ceylan

    (Health Sciences)

Abstract

Internalized stigma results from the internalization of social stigma by individuals with schizophrenia. On the other hand, impairment of social functioning is a descriptive characteristic of schizophrenia that is maintained in the course of the disorder. Impairment of social functioning can also occur as a result of internalized stigma in addition to impairment that results from the direct effects of the schizophrenia. Both affect patients? and their families? coping with the disorder. Psychiatric nurses, as health care professionals, also have important duties regarding the issue including predetermining the problems schizophrenics and their families may encounter due to the disorder, taking the required precautions for the individuals at risk and improving rehabilitation and counseling services. This review paper aims to evaluate internalized stigma and social functioning in schizophrenia and the role of psychiatric nurses.

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  • hasan sevinik & burcu ceylan, 2016. "Internalized Stigma and Social Functioning in People with Schizophrenia," Proceedings of Business and Management Conferences 4306981, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences.
    • Handle: RePEc:sek:ibmpro:4306981
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    1. Xu-Hong Li & Tian-Ming Zhang & Yuen Yum Yau & Yi-Zhou Wang & Yin-Ling Irene Wong & Lawrence Yang & Xiao-li Tian & Cecilia Lai-Wan Chan & Mao-Sheng Ran, 2021. "Peer-to-peer contact, social support and self-stigma among people with severe mental illness in Hong Kong," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 67(6), pages 622-631, September.

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    Keywords

    Schizophrenia; Internalized stigma; Social functioning; Nurse;
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    • Z00 - Other Special Topics - - General - - - General
    • Z00 - Other Special Topics - - General - - - General
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