Journal of Psychology & Behavioral Science

Self-Stigma, Self-Esteem, and Perception of “Functioning” of People with Schizophrenia as a Factor in Their Integration into the Labor Market
Siettou Eleni, Paraskevopoulou Stavroula, Tzanakis Manolis, Perdikari Erietta

Abstract
Despite the existence of effective treatments for the treatment of schizophrenia, the therapeutic effect is influenced by a number of factors, including social stigma, self-esteem, and auto stigmatism, which have a weighty impact on areas of life that are key areas of life for survival, including professional rehabilitation, assessment and self-stigmatization in 11 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia at the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica, in relation to the prospect of integration into the labor market. It emerged from the narrations of the participants that the stigmatization of the mentally ill, and by extension the internalization of stigma, which leads to self-stigmatization, has serious implications for self-esteem and the perception of their functionality, which are important for their rehabilitation and integration into the labor market. reintegration of the mentally ill.

Full Text: PDF     DOI: 10.15640/jpbs.v10n2a2