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Stigma among the stigmatized? Preferred social distance and associated factors among outpatients at a psychiatry clinic in Benin City, Nigeria
Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry 13(1): 26–34 · 2022
https://doi.org/10.4038/sljpsyc.v13i1.8329
Abstract
Background: Researchers, hitherto, have focused largely on public stigma towards people with mental illness; literature evidence appears inadequate on stigma and discrimination among the psychiatric patients themselves, creating a prominent gap in literature and limiting interventions that could improve tolerant attitude among them and successful treatment outcome. Aims: To determine the prevalence of moderate to high social distance among participating psychiatric patients and elucidate the factors that are associated with desire for high social distance among them. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design was employed and participants included psychiatric patients attending the out-patient clinic of a tertiary hospital in Benin City, Nigeria. Data was collected using a socio-demographic data collection sheet, The Bogardus Social Distance Scale, The World Psychiatric Association Stigma Questionnaire, and The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. Version 21 of SPSS was used to analyze the data at a statistically significant level of P
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