Self-Stigma and Its Correlates Among Outpatients With Depressive Disorders
- 1 May 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in Psychiatric Services
- Vol. 56 (5) , 599-601
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.5.599
Abstract
The aims of this study were to assess self-stigma among Taiwanese outpatients with depressive disorders and to examine the factors related to self-stigma. Using the Self-Stigma Assessment Scale, the authors evaluated 247 outpatients with depressive disorders to determine their levels of self-stigma. The relationships between self-stigma and severity of depressive symptoms, sociodemographic characteristics, and course of illness were further examined. Sixty-two patients (25 percent) had high levels of self-stigma. Patients who had more severe depression and less education had higher levels of self-stigma. Clinicians should take self-stigma into consideration when communicating with depressed patients, especially those with characteristics associated with high levels of self-stigma.Keywords
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