Internalized Stigma and Social Functioning in People with Schizophrenia

Hasan Sevinik () and Burcu Ceylan ()
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Hasan Sevinik: Health Sciences
Burcu Ceylan: Health Sciences

No 4306981, Proceedings of Business and Management Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic 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.

Keywords: Schizophrenia; Internalized stigma; Social functioning; Nurse (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 7 pages
Date: 2016-11
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 4th Business & Management Conference, Istanbul, Nov 2016, pages 187-193

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