Citation

Ruzhenkov VA, Ruzhenkova VV, Boeva AV, Moskvitina US. Research Journal of Medical Sciences 2015; 9(4): 168-170.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015)

DOI

10.3923/rjmsci.2015.168.170

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A sampling of 125 patients was examined: 61 with psychotic (I Group) and 64 with non-psychotic (II Group) mental disorders and suicidal behavior. It is found that in the second group stigma of suicide is more important than stigma of mental illness in family, interpersonal and employment spheres. In spite of guilt and shame because of suicidal attempt, stigma of mental illness is more important for the patients from the second group than stigma of suicide. © Medwell Journals, 2015.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; Suicide; aged; Stigmatization; suicide attempt; suicidal behavior; Mental disorder; Attempt; major clinical study; questionnaire; alienation; psychosocial withdrawal; Article; social discrimination; family conflict; social stigma; Self-stigmatization