Triple Stigma in Forensic Psychiatric Patients: Mental Illness, Race, and Criminality
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O5: Stigma in Psychiatric Disorders
Social stigma is a major challenge among the patients with mental illness, their families and the health care providers. Not only the patient with psychological disorders, but also who has an infectious disease suffer social stigma. Stigma refers to an extreme and unusual disapproval of a person from the other members of society. Stigma is a Greek word that in its origins referred to a type of ...
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