Experiences of stigma and discrimination among caregivers of persons with schizophrenia in China: a field survey.

In China, caregivers for family members with schizophrenia play an important role in treatment and recovery but may experience stigma and discrimination simply because of their family relationship. The object of this study was to measure the degrees and correlates of stigma and discrimination experi...

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Main Authors: Yi Yin, Weijun Zhang, Zhenyu Hu, Fujun Jia, Yafang Li, Huiwen Xu, Shuliang Zhao, Jing Guo, Donghua Tian, Zhiyong Qu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4178170?pdf=render