Attitudes of psychiatrists toward patients with schizophrenia

Ucok, A; Polat, ASLIHAN; Sartorius, N; Erkoc, S; Atakli, C

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1819.2004.01198.x

Attitudes of psychiatrists toward patients with schizophrenia

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Ucok A., Polat A. Ö., Sartorius N., Erkoc S., Atakli C.

PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES, cilt.58, sa.1, ss.89-91, 2004 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 58 Sayı: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2004
Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2004.01198.x
Dergi Adı: PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.89-91
Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A questionnaire was distributed to psychiatrists to investigate their attitudes toward patients with schizophrenia. A total of 42.7% of 60 respondents never informed patients of the diagnosis of schizophrenia and 40.7% informed on a case-by-case basis. The reason that psychiatrists gave for avoiding informing the patients/family members of the diagnosis was the idea that they would not understand the meaning (32.6%) and that they would drop-out from treatment (28.3%). A total of 88.4% of respondents thought the term 'schizophrenia' was used in a pejorative manner in public. The findings revealed that stigmatizing attitudes of society are also shared by some psychiatrists.