Stigmatization of people with psychiatric disabilities

Osnovni cilj ovog rada je napraviti sustavan pregled istraživanja i literature o stigmatizaciji osoba s duševnim smetnjama. Svrha rada je stvoriti u znanstvenom smjeru polazišta za daljnja istraživanja ili razvoj programa koja će se kretati korak dalje od već postignutog te se time osigurati kvaliteta života osoba s duševnim smetnjama. Istraživanja su pokazala važnost edukacije, kontakta i protesta te kvalitetnih izvora informacija za informiranje javnosti kao put antistgimatizacijskom procesu. Kako bi se postigla redukcija stigme važno je intervenirati na međugrupnoj, interpersonalnoj i intrapersonalnoj razini putem odgovarajućih programa te strategija koji su pokazali pozitivne rezultate na promjeni percepcije javnosti, sredstva informiranja koja svoj orijentir oglašavanja moraju usmjeravati na gradnji pozitivne slike mentalnih bolesti te educiranjem javnosti i osoba s duševnim smetnjama o mentalnim bolestima te važnosti uloge tretmana i socijalnog prihvaćanja.The main goal of this paper is to make a systematic overview of research and literature on the topic of stigmatization of persons with psychiatric disorders. The purpose of this review is to create a scientific starting point for further research or development of a program that will move beyond the already achieved and thereby ensure quality of life of people with psychiatric disorders. Researches showed importance of education, contact and protest as well as media source quality of informations for informing public as a way towards anti stigma proces. In order to achieve reduction of the stigma it is important to intervene on intergroup, interpersonal and intrapersonal level with appropriate programs as well as strategies which have shown positive results on changing the publics perception, the means of information that their advertising orientation must focus on building a positive image of mental illness and educating the public and persons with psychiatric disorders on topic of mental illness and importance of treatment and social accepting