Stigmatization and dehumanization perceptions towards psychiatric patients among nurses: A path-analysis approach

People with mental illness are stigmatized and dehumanized, which contributes to disorders ’ maintenance. Dehumanization is associated with abuse/neglect and should thus be evaluated among healthcare workers. We compared nurses' stigmatizing/dehumanizing perceptions of people with psychiatric versus non-psychiatric disorders. We also investigated the impact of social contact’s quality /frequency and identified the determinants of dehumanization.

Source: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing - December 22, 2020 Category: Nursing Authors: Sullivan Fontesse, Ximena Rimez, Pierre Maurage Source Type: research