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Stigma as a Barrier to Recovery: Adverse Effects of Perceived Stigma on Social Adaptation of Persons Diagnosed With Bipolar Affective Disorder

Psychiatric Services · 2001 · Vol. 52(12) · pp. 1627–1632

Deborah Perlick✉(VA Connecticut Healthcare System)Robert A. RosenheckJ F ClarkinJo Anne SireyJamelah T. SalahiElmer L. StrueningBruce G. Link

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Abstract

Concerns about the stigma associated with mental illness reported by patients during an acute phase of bipolar illness predicted poorer social adjustment seven months later with individuals outside the patient's family. Greater attention to patients' concerns about stigma is needed from both researchers and clinicians.

Mental Health Treatment and Access Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentSchizoaffective disorderBipolar disorderPsychiatryPsychologyBrief Psychiatric Rating ScaleClinical psychologySocial stigmaOutpatient clinicStigma (botany)Rating scale

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Adaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overMental DisordersFemaleHospitalizationHumansMaleMiddle AgedBrief Psychiatric Rating ScaleSocial AdjustmentStereotypingRecovery of Function

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