PMID- 23257635
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131104
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 1881-2090 (Electronic)
IS  - 0023-5679 (Linking)
VI  - 59
IP  - 1-2
DP  - 2012
TI  - Psychoeducation may reduce self-stigma of people with schizophrenia and 
      schizoaffective disorder.
PG  - 25-31
AB  - Previous studies suggest that self-stigma is related to social isolation and 
      discrimination. Although it is known that stigma has cultural and social impacts, 
      only a few studies in Japan have explored self-stigma in people with 
      schizophrenia. The present study was conducted to investigate self-stigma in 
      people with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder in Japan under a typical 
      clinical setting, and to examine the effect of psychoeducation on self-stigma. 
      Fifty-six participants (44 men and 12 women) who met the DSM-IV criteria for 
      schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder were recruited. All participants 
      completed several questionnaires including social distance scale. Collected data 
      were classified into an experiential or non-experiential group according to 
      hospital records. The experiential group received psychoeducation which focused 
      on reducing self-stigma by correcting inaccurate ideas about schizophrenia, and 
      the relation between schizophrenia and criminal activity or violence, by watching 
      videotapes and analyzing data from a report published by the National Police 
      Agency. After the intervention, participants completed the Japanese version of 
      the Social Distance Scale (SDS-J), the Knowledge of Illness and Drugs Inventory 
      (KIDI) questionnaire, the Drug Attitude Inventory 10 (DAI-10), and the 
      Birchwood's Psychosis Insight Scale (BPIS). In addition Global Assessment of 
      Functioning Scale (GAF) scores were calculated for each participant. Significant 
      differences between the 2 groups were observed for the SDS-J, KIDI, and BPIS 
      (P<0.01 for each). However, no significant differences were observed for the 
      DAI-10, GAF, age, and duration of treatment. The results of a path analysis 
      showed that increasing knowledge about schizophrenia and its treatment might play 
      an important role in reducing the self-stigma associated with this disease. When 
      performing psychoeducation for people with schizophrenia and schizoaffective 
      disorder, we need to discuss the pervasive effects of stigma and discrimination.
FAU - Uchino, Toshiro
AU  - Uchino T
AD  - Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, 
      Japan. uchino@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
FAU - Maeda, Masaharu
AU  - Maeda M
FAU - Uchimura, Naohisa
AU  - Uchimura N
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Japan
TA  - Kurume Med J
JT  - The Kurume medical journal
JID - 2985210R
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Patient Education as Topic
MH  - Psychotic Disorders/*psychology
MH  - *Schizophrenic Psychology
MH  - *Stereotyping
EDAT- 2012/12/22 06:00
MHDA- 2013/11/05 06:00
CRDT- 2012/12/22 06:00
PHST- 2012/12/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/12/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/11/05 06:00 [medline]
AID - DN/JST.JSTAGE/kurumemedj/59.25 [pii]
AID - 10.2739/kurumemedj.59.25 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Kurume Med J. 2012;59(1-2):25-31. doi: 10.2739/kurumemedj.59.25.