Margetić Branimir, Aukst-Margetic Branka, Ivanec Dragutin, Filipcić Igor
Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Hospital 'Dr Ivan Barbot', Popovaca, Croatia.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2008 Nov;54(6):502-13. doi: 10.1177/0020764008090842.
The literature about perceived stigmatization of forensic patients with schizophrenia is sparse.
To examine relations between the perceived stigmatization of forensic patients with schizophrenia and the intensity of the symptoms, age, regular home visiting, kind of offence, perceived family support and duration of hospitalization.
Sixty-two male forensic patients with schizophrenia were included. Perceived stigmatization was measured by the modified questions from the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II. Symptomatology was assessed with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. Perception of family support was assessed with a visual-analogue scale. Due to different characteristics of offences and possibilities for home visiting, patients were divided into groups of those who had committed violent and non-violent offences, and those with and without the possibility of regular home visiting.
Symptoms have an impact on the perception of stigma. The kind of offence committed does not have a significant role in the perception of discrimination. Age was negatively correlated with the perception of stigma.
Results might have significance for a better understanding of social relations between forensic patients and their environment and provide us with information about institutionalized forms of stigma. Results might have implications for the treatment and the quality of life of these patients.
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研究患有精神分裂症的法医鉴定患者所感受到的污名化与症状严重程度、年龄、定期家访情况、犯罪类型、所感受到的家庭支持以及住院时间之间的关系。
纳入62名患有精神分裂症的男性法医鉴定患者。使用世界卫生组织残疾评定量表II中的修改问题来测量所感受到的污名化。用阳性和阴性症状量表评估症状学。用视觉模拟量表评估对家庭支持的感知。由于犯罪特征和家访可能性的不同，患者被分为实施暴力犯罪和非暴力犯罪的组，以及有和没有定期家访可能性的组。
症状对污名化感知有影响。所实施的犯罪类型在歧视感知中没有显著作用。年龄与污名化感知呈负相关。
研究结果可能有助于更好地理解法医鉴定患者与其环境之间的社会关系，并为我们提供有关制度化污名形式的信息。研究结果可能对这些患者的治疗和生活质量产生影响。
