Gaolaolwe Wada, Manyedi Eva, Serapelwane Maserapelo
Department of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Lobatse Institute of Health Sciences, Lobatse, Botswana.
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, Mafikeng, South Africa.
Health SA. 2023 Aug 29;28:2184. doi: 10.4102/hsag.v28i0.2184. eCollection 2023.
The stigma of mental illness has been in existence from medieval times to date and it is extended to families of people diagnosed with mental illness. Families with a member diagnosed with a mental illness experience courtesy stigma of mental illness and it affects the quality of their lives.
This study aimed to explore and describe the experiences of courtesy stigma of families with a member diagnosed with a mental illness in Lobatse, Botswana.
The study was conducted at a psychiatric hospital in Lobatse, Botswana.
A qualitative contextual phenomenological design was used for this study. The population comprised of members from families with a person diagnosed with a mental illness and the sample size was 15 participants. Semi-structured in-depth individual interviews were conducted telephonically.
The study yielded three main themes and related subthemes. The themes were: families' experiences of received stigma, families' experiences of stigma by association, and families' experiences of internal stigma.
Families with a member diagnosed with mental illness experience received stigma, associated stigma and internal stigma. The families experienced that they received dehumanising labels from the public because of their association with their mentally ill family members.
With the insights gained from the findings of this study, programmes can be developed that raise awareness on stigma of mental illness and to promote support of families of people diagnosed with a mental illness.
精神疾病的污名化从中世纪一直延续至今，并且这种污名还延伸到了被诊断患有精神疾病的人的家庭。家庭成员被诊断患有精神疾病的家庭会经历精神疾病的附带污名，这会影响他们的生活质量。
本研究旨在探索和描述博茨瓦纳洛巴策地区家庭成员被诊断患有精神疾病的家庭所经历的附带污名。
该研究在博茨瓦纳洛巴策的一家精神病医院进行。
本研究采用定性情境现象学设计。研究对象包括家庭成员被诊断患有精神疾病的家庭中的成员，样本量为15名参与者。通过电话进行半结构化深度个人访谈。
该研究得出了三个主要主题及相关子主题。这些主题分别是：家庭所遭受的污名经历、因关联而产生的污名经历以及内在污名经历。
家庭成员被诊断患有精神疾病的家庭会遭受直接污名、关联污名和内在污名。这些家庭体验到，由于他们与患有精神疾病的家庭成员有关联，所以从公众那里得到了有辱人格的标签。
基于本研究结果所获得的见解，可以制定相关项目，提高对精神疾病污名化的认识，并促进对被诊断患有精神疾病的人的家庭的支持。
