STIGMATIZATION OF PATIENTS WITH SHIZOPHRENIA

Shizofrenija je huda duševna motnja. Razširjeno je napačno mnenje, da so pacienti s shizofrenijo nevarni, napadalni in nesposobni. Pacienti s shizofrenijo so še vedno močno stigmatizirani in izločeni iz družbe, zaradi nepoznavanja in napačne predstave, ki jo imajo ljudje o tej duševni bolezni. Stigmatizacija pacientov je še zmeraj prisotna v svetu in pri nas. Vzroki stigmatizacije so največkrat neznanje in nepoučenost, strah in odpor pred drugačnostjo ter napačen prikaz in obveščanje medijev. Vse to pa pušča pri pacientu številne posledice, kot so slabša samopodoba, socialna izolacija ter slabše možnosti šolanja ali zaposlovanja. Pomembno vloga ima pri destigmatizaciji medicinska sestra, ki s svojim znanjem in odnosom do problema vpliva na oblikovaje mnenja obče javnosti. Ugotovili smo, da je prisotnost stigmatizacije pacientov s shizofrenijo povsod enaka, tako drugje po svetu kot pri nas. Najuspešnejši načini destigmatizacije so, čim bolj vključevati paciente s shizofrenijo v družbo, ter osveščati družbo o shizofreniji, ki pripomore k izboljšanju kakovosti življenja pacientov s shizofrenijo.Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder. It\u27s a common misperception that patients with schizophrenia are dangerous, aggressive and incompetent. Pacients with schizophrenia are still heavily stigmatized and excluded from societly because of igrnorance and misconceptions that people have about this mental illness. Stigmatization of patients is still present in the world and in our country. The causes of stigma, which are mostly ignorance and lack of knowledge, fear and dislike of diffrence and false representation media. The important role in the de-stigmatization has a nurse, which with her knowledge and her attitude to the problem affects to the opinion of the general public. We discovered that the presence of stigmatization of patients with schizophrenia is the same everywhere, so the rest of the world than we do. The most successful methods of de-stigmatization are, as far as possible include patients with schizophrenia in society and raise awareness of society about schizophrenia, which helps to improve the quality of life of patients with schizophrenia