Int J Soc Psychiatry
School of Sociology & Social Policy, University of Nottingham, UK.
Published: September 2013
Background: Stigmatizing attitudes can impair the quality of life of people with mental health problems. Psychiatric hospitalization can generate stigma. Are some approaches to care less stigmatizing than others?
Aims: This study was designed to replicate findings from Flanders, Belgium in an English context, investigating how ward size and treatment approach affected service users' expectations and experiences of stigma.
Methods: The translated Belgian questionnaire was administered to 70 service users in 15 inpatient adult mental health settings in central England. Adjustments were made to the multivariate analysis in light of the smaller sample size, in order to replicate the original equation as closely as possible.
Results: Neither ward size nor individualized care proved significant in the smaller English sample, which was subject to the risk of type II error. Across two models, self-rejection correlated with age (negatively), social rejection and stigma expectations.
Conclusions: This analysis shows that attempts to translate evidence about psychiatric inpatient services must take into account differences between the settings, populations and models of care. Expectations as well as outcomes of stigma may be relevant when assessing the impact of psychiatric hospital treatment on individual patients.
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