The prevalence and predictors of self-stigma of individuals with mental health illness in two Chinese cities.

CONCLUSION: Self-stigma is found to be higher in Guangzhou, probably due to the influence of traditional cultural values. Also, as hope and well-being are found to be predicting factors of self-stigma, suitable recovery-orientated interventions that facilitate hope and well-being should be developed so as to reduce self-stigma of consumers in Chinese societies.
PMID: 26582785 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - November 18, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Young DK, Ng PY Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: research