Stigma related to labels and symptoms in individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite advances that the psychosis "clinical high-risk" (CHR) identification offers, risk of stigma exists. Awareness of and agreement with stereotypes has not yet been evaluated in CHR individuals. Furthermore, the relative stigma associated with symptoms, as opposed to the label of risk, is not known, which is critical because CHR identification may reduce symptom-related stigma.

Methods

Thirty-eight CHR subjects were ascertained using standard measures from the Center of Prevention and Evaluation/New York State Psychiatric Institute/ Columbia University. Labeling-related measures adapted to the CHR group included "stereotype awareness and self-stigma" ("Stereotype awareness", "Stereotype Agreement", "Negative emotions [shame]"), and a parallel measure of "Nega

SUBMITTER: Yang LH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4751087 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature