Change in internalized stigma and social functioning among persons diagnosed with severe mental illness

Philip Theodore Yanos; Michelle Leigh West; Lauren Gonzales; Stephen Mark Smith; David Roe; Paul Henry Lysaker

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2012.06.017

Change in internalized stigma and social functioning among persons diagnosed with severe mental illness

Philip Theodore Yanos, Michelle Leigh West, Lauren Gonzales, Stephen Mark Smith, David Roe, Paul Henry Lysaker

Department of Community Mental Health

University of Haifa

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Abstract

This study examined the relationship between change in internalized stigma and social functioning over time. Thirty-five individuals with severe mental illness completed measures of self-stigma, social functioning and symptoms at baseline, 4 months, and 7 months. Change in self-stigma was significantly negatively related to change in social functioning, controlling for negative symptoms.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	1032-1034
Number of pages	3
Journal	Psychiatry Research
Volume	200
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2012.06.017
State	Published - 30 Dec 2012

Keywords

Negative symptoms
Self-stigma
Social functioning

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Psychiatry and Mental health
Biological Psychiatry

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Change in internalized stigma and social functioning among persons diagnosed with severe mental illness

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