Journal of Psychiatry

The effect of saying there is a stigma to mental illness

19^th Global Congress on Pediatricians & Child Psychiatry

July 12-13, 2017 Chicago, USA

Saeed Wahass

Dammam University, Saudi Arabia

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Psychiatry

Abstract:

Mental illnesses are conditions that affect the way a person thinks, percepts, feels and behaves. Such conditions may affect someone�?�?�?¢�?�?�?�?�?�?�?�?s ability to relate/communicate to others and function as well. All leads to social rejection/exclusion �?�?�?¢�?�?�?�?�?�?�?�?stigma�?�?�?¢�?�?�?�?�?�?�?. Stigma refers to attitudes, beliefs and perceptions that lead people to reject, avoid, or being fearful from patients with mental illnesses. Until recently, such attitudes, beliefs and perceptions towards patients having mental illnesses might had been considering as personal issues in the context of individual preferences/inquisitives. However, the situation ultimately differs; stigma has an effect on clinical outcomes of mental illnesses. Research indicates that stigma is a crucial factor for the progress and maintenance of mental illnesses, as such can be observing on the reoccurrence of symptoms, leading ordinarily to relapses of disorders. Moreover, there is a worldwide trend to close up traditional psychiatric hospitals, alternative is to treat mentally ill patients thru community mental health services in order to normalize/socialize psychotic symptoms, because long stay outcomes of hospitalization influence patients�?�?�?¢�?�?�?�?�?�?�?�? ability to have social skills and better outcomes on satisfaction, adherence to treatment, quality of life and protecting human rights. Stigma, however is a universal phenomenon, it has a negative impact on all cultures, but may be fluctuated ups-downs cross-culturally. This presentation tries to address stigma cross-culturally and the way it can affect adversely the progress and maintenance of mental illnesses and patients�?�?�?¢�?�?�?�?�?�?�?�? quality of life, moreover, looking for solutions for increasing the amount of psychological awareness for destigmatizing of mental illnesses.

Biography :

Email: swahass@gmail.com