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

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1032-1034
Number of pages3
JournalPsychiatry Research
Volume200
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Dec 2012

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors thank Mike Tamburino, Nicole Beattie, Amy Strasburger, Megan Grant, Lionel Wininger, and Andrea Rodrigues for their invaluable assistance in carrying out the study. This work was supported by National Institute of Mental Health grant R34-MH082161 to the authors.

Keywords

  • Negative symptoms
  • Self-stigma
  • Social functioning

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Biological Psychiatry

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