“Self-stigma refers to the state in which a person with mental illness has come to internalize the negative attitudes about mental illness and turns them against him- or herself.” Mental IllnessMental Health StigmaMental Illness StigmaSelf StigmaLabelling Book:Challenging the Stigma of Mental Illness: Lessons for Therapists and Advocates Source: Challenging the Stigma of Mental Illness: Lessons for Therapists and Advocates
“Public stigma Stereotype Negative belief about a group (e.g., dangerousness, incompetence, character weakness) Prejudice Agreement with belief and/or negative emotional reaction (e.g., anger, fear) Discrimination Behavior response to prejudice (e.g., avoidance, withhold employment and housing opportunities, withhold help) Self-stigma Stereotype Negative belief about the self (e.g., character weakness, incompetence) Prejudice Agreement with belief, negative emotional reaction (e.g., low self-esteem, low self-efficacy) Discrimination Behavior response to prejudice (e.g., fails to pursue work and housing opportunities) Understanding the impact of stigma on people with mental illness. World Psychiatry. Feb 2002; 1(1): 16–20. PMCID: PMC1489832” PrejudiceDiscriminationMental IllnessBiasStereotypesMental Health StigmaMental DisorderSelf StigmaMental Disorder BiasSevere Mental Illness Author:Patrick W. Corrigan
“self-stigma is not a person's fault; nor is it a part of the person's illness! If the public did not hold negative and stigmatizing attitudes in the first place, these would never have become internalized, causing people the painful and disabling experience of self-stigma.” StigmaMental Health StigmaMental Illness StigmaInternalizingSelf Stigma Book:Challenging the Stigma of Mental Illness: Lessons for Therapists and Advocates Source: Challenging the Stigma of Mental Illness: Lessons for Therapists and Advocates