The stigma of mental disorders

Discrimination and Social Exclusion

Bibliographic Data

ID5316794
AuthorsAlejandro Magallares Sanjuan, Alejandro Magallares (0000-0003-0633-9809, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume13
Issue2
Pages7
Publication date2011-11-30
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQuaderns de Psicologia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0211-3481 • E-ISSN: 2014-4520
PublisherAutonomous University of Barcelona (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.5565/rev/qpsicologia.816
OpenAlexW1536588222
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited12

Mental disorders generate a series of malfunctions on a psychological level that avoid the person who suffers them from performing a normal daily life. The literature reviewed reveal that one of the areas most affected by the occurrence of this disease is the social. The aim of this paper is to inform the scientific community the problems of social exclusion that people with mental disorders have to suffer. According to the review carried out, people with mental illness suffer discrimination at work, in relationships, in the hospitals and in the mass media. The article shows that social exclusion creates significant problems for the psychological well-being of the person suffering rejection. Finally, it is discussed some of the possible strategies to remedy this situation.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Disease · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · Mental health · Mental illness · Psychiatry · Social distance · Social exclusion · Social rejection · Social relation · Social stigma · Stigma (botany) · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology

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