Internalized stigma predicts erosion of morale among psychiatric outpatients.

By J. Ritsher, J. Phelan. Psychiatry Research, 2004

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Health, Social Psychology

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In Clinical Psychology

1. Warren Mansell
2. P. Corrigan
3. Nicolas Rüsch
4. Roz Shafran
5. J. Ritsher
6. Allison G. Harvey
7. M. Angermeyer
8. E. Watkins

In Health

1. P. Corrigan
2. J. Ritsher
3. J. Livingston
4. J. Boyd
5. Nicolas Rüsch
6. M. Angermeyer
7. J. Phelan

In Social Psychology

1. P. Corrigan
2. Nicolas Rüsch
3. J. Livingston
4. J. Ritsher
5. M. Angermeyer
6. J. Boyd
7. P. Lysaker
8. E. Watkins

Citations in the corpus

• Internalized stigma of mental illness: psychometric properties of a new measure. (2003, background): “In analyses of follow-up data on 82 members of the present sample, Ritsher et al.(2003) found that ISMI scores predicted increased depressive symptoms, controlling for baseline levels.”
• Conceptual Foundations of the Transdiagnostic Approach to CBT (2009, background): “Though evidence exists that perceived stigma predicts depression in individuals with mental health problems (Ritsher & Phelan, 2004), some patients report that having a diagnostic label for their problems helps them recover by providing an explanation of their problems (e.g., Russell & Browne,…”
• Toward understanding the insight paradox: internalized stigma moderates the association between insight and social functioning, hope, and self-esteem among people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. (2006, background): “personal relevance when a person is diagnosed with mental illness(27) and has been linked to depressed mood.(26)”
• Correlates and consequences of internalized stigma for people living with mental illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2010, background): “…whereby affected individuals endorse stereotypes about mental illness, anticipate social rejection, consider stereotypes to be self-relevant, and believe they are devalued members of society (Corrigan, Kerr et al., 2005; Corrigan & Watson, 2002, Corrigan et al., 2006; Ritsher & Phelan, 2004).”
• Mental illness stigma: Concepts, consequences, and initiatives to reduce stigma (2005, background): “Thus the emphasis here is on what we call self-stigma including recent work that operationalises their concept how stigma affects individuals [86].”