Family stigma who have family member with mental illness: schizophrenia

Stigma negatively affects individuals as well as entire families. Stigma is not limited to the individuals experiencing it directly, family members as associated with those individuals could be affected. Family Stigma is negative perceptions, attitudes, emotions, and avoidant behavior towards family by others or societies, families will feel inflicted consequences includes emotionally, socially, interpersonal and financial consequences. The purpose of this study is to describe of family stigma who have family members with mental illness. Methods: This study used a qualitative research design phenomenological approach, participants of this study were 8 people, data were collected with in-depth interviews. Results: Results of this study obtained 23 themes, namely the attitude of the family, family perception, knowledge, type of treatment, support resources, adherence to the rules of treatment, family effort, the lost response, the burden of the family, the community response, conformity, public stigma, family stigma, public attitudes to the family, the burden of the family, the family rift, interruption of activity, decrease health status, social relationships, healing, role, caring, confidence, and realize the desire. Analysis: Negative perceptions by others, societies or family to members family are still being felt by families, those were avoidance, shamed to others or societies and limit the social relationship with the environment. So, negative perception is one of caused being family stigma. Discussion: Families who have family members with mental illness feel stigma from the society. The consequences of family stigma were emotional consequences, social consequences, interpersonal consequences and gained from this study financial consequences, which is a financial burden for the family in providing care. Future studies are expected to quarry deeper into the family stigma who have family members with mental illness by expanding the data retrieval support