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Gender differences among discrimination & stigma experienced by depressive patients in Pakistan

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to examine Gender Difference in the level of Discrimination and Stigma experienced by people diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder in Pakistan. It was hypothesized that Women diagnosed with Depression are likely to be experiencing more Discrimination and Internalized St...

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Autores principales: Khan, Nashi, Kausar, Rukhsana, Khalid, Adeela, Farooq, Anum
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Professional Medical Publications 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26870110
http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.316.8454
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Kausar, Rukhsana
Khalid, Adeela
Farooq, Anum
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description OBJECTIVE: This study aims to examine Gender Difference in the level of Discrimination and Stigma experienced by people diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder in Pakistan. It was hypothesized that Women diagnosed with Depression are likely to be experiencing more Discrimination and Internalized Stigma in comparison to Men. METHODS: This is a Cross Sectional Study. Thirty eight patients diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder recruited from different Government Sector Hospitals of Lahore; were approached after obtaining informed consent. Discrimination and Stigma were measured through Discrimination and Stigma Scale and Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Inventory respectively. RESULTS: Both Men and Women experience considerably high level of associated Stigma and Discrimination due to their Mental Illness. However, Women in comparison to Men experience significantly greater level of Internalized Stigma especially in domains of Discrimination Experience and Social Withdrawal. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study highlight the fact that people with Depression can be more benefited with psychological treatment if dealing with Stigma and Discrimination is also addressed in Intervention Plans.
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spelling pubmed-47442952016-02-11 Gender differences among discrimination & stigma experienced by depressive patients in Pakistan Khan, Nashi Kausar, Rukhsana Khalid, Adeela Farooq, Anum Pak J Med Sci Original Article OBJECTIVE: This study aims to examine Gender Difference in the level of Discrimination and Stigma experienced by people diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder in Pakistan. It was hypothesized that Women diagnosed with Depression are likely to be experiencing more Discrimination and Internalized Stigma in comparison to Men. METHODS: This is a Cross Sectional Study. Thirty eight patients diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder recruited from different Government Sector Hospitals of Lahore; were approached after obtaining informed consent. Discrimination and Stigma were measured through Discrimination and Stigma Scale and Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Inventory respectively. RESULTS: Both Men and Women experience considerably high level of associated Stigma and Discrimination due to their Mental Illness. However, Women in comparison to Men experience significantly greater level of Internalized Stigma especially in domains of Discrimination Experience and Social Withdrawal. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study highlight the fact that people with Depression can be more benefited with psychological treatment if dealing with Stigma and Discrimination is also addressed in Intervention Plans. Professional Medical Publications 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4744295/ /pubmed/26870110 http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.316.8454 Text en Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Gender differences among discrimination & stigma experienced by depressive patients in Pakistan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26870110
http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.316.8454
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