The relationship between social and environmental factors and symptom severity in the seriously mentally ill population

Tara Von Mach, Katrina Rodriguez, Ramin Mojtabai, Stanislav Spivak, William W Eaton and Bernadette A Cullen

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2022, vol. 68, issue 1, 171-176

Abstract: Background: The goal of this article is to investigate the relationship of psychiatric symptom severity with internalised stigma, neighbourhood environment, and social support among individuals with serious mental illness. Method: Using a longitudinal study design we examined the relationship between psychiatric symptom severity with internalised stigma, neighbourhood environment, and social support among 271 adults with serious mental illness recruited from new admissions to two urban mental health clinics. Results: After controlling for demographics increased stigma levels predicted greater symptom severity, as measured by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) Positive, Negative, and General Psychopathology scales over a 4-year period ( p  

Keywords: Serious mental illness; stigma; neighbourhood; social support (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764020973257

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