How clinical diagnosis might exacerbate the stigma of mental illness

PW Corrigan - Social work, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Stigma can greatly exacerbate the experience of mental illness. Diagnostic classification
frequently used by clinical social workers may intensify this stigma by enhancing the public's …

[PDF][PDF] Between self-stigma and the will of recovery. Difficulties in accepting a psychiatric diagnosis–case study

E Soroka, M Słotwiński, J Pawęzka… - Psychiatr. Pol, 2022 - psychiatriapolska.pl
The consequence of social exclusion of the mentally ill patients is often a worsening of the
course of the disease and prognosis. The psychiatric diagnosis is very important for the so-…

The usefulness and effects of mental health diagnoses: examining public stigma and attitudes about utility

E Fulton-Hamilton - 2023 - figshare.le.ac.uk
Systematic Literature Review A systematic literature review was undertaken to examine the
impact of ‘depression’ labels on public stigma. Seventeen papers including 19 studies were …

DSM-V and the stigma of mental illness

D Ben-Zeev, MA Young, PW Corrigan - Journal of mental health, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Stigma associated with mental illness has been shown to have devastating effects on the
lives of people with psychiatric disorders, their families, and those who care for them. In the …

[HTML][HTML] “It pulls you down, but you need it to access the benefits”: the double-edged sword of mental illness diagnosis

LC Dalla Vecchia Pereira, M Skovdal - Ciencias Psicológicas, 2022 - scielo.edu.uy
Mental ill-health is rife in all corners of the world. Mental illness diagnosis simultaneously
names the problem and labels a person. Taking a social representations perspective, this …

[PDF][PDF] Internalization and the perpetuation of the stigma of mental illness: utilizing diagnosis through education

M Richards - 2013 - minds.wisconsin.edu
This paper provided a review of literature regarding the concerns of clients diagnosed with
a chronic mental illness and the expectations they and their families may experience as …

'I decided I wasn't going to be a diagnosis'–What does it mean to have a diagnosis of mental illness? The lived experience perspective

K Turner - Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter discusses the experience and impact of receiving a mental health diagnosis from
the lived experience perspective. It explains the tensions between theoretical rhetoric and …

Medicalizing versus psychologizing mental illness: what are the implications for help seeking and stigma? A general population study

E Pattyn, M Verhaeghe, C Sercu, P Bracke - Social psychiatry and …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose This study contrasts the medicalized conceptualization of mental illness with
psychologizing mental illness and examines what the consequences are of adhering to one model …

Effects of a psychiatric diagnosis vs a clinical formulation on lay attitudes to people with psychosis

C Seery, J Bramham, C O'Connor - Psychosis, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
How clinical diagnosis might exacerbate the stigma of mental illness. Social Work, 52(1),
31–39. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/52.1.31 …

Internalized stigma of mental illness: Changes and associations with treatment outcomes.

RL Pearl, MJC Forgeard, L Rifkin, C Beard… - Stigma and …, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Internalized stigma of mental illness is associated with poor mental health and represents a
prominent barrier to accessing treatment. Few studies have investigated the effects of …