Challange and Fighting Social Stigma in Patient With Schizophrenia in Indonesia.

Amar Akbar,Imam Zainuri,Kyle Dornhofer,Lilik Ma'Rifatul Azizah

doi:10.29082/ijnms/2018/vol2/iss01/112

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https://doi.org/10.29082/ijnms/2018/vol2/iss01/112

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Purpose - This article aims to give an opinion on the cause of still the case of pasung in Indonesia, physical restraint and reduction in people with mental illness (called pasung in indonesia), still found in indonesia, government program â€ indonesia free of pasungâ€ still can not erase indonesia from pasung. Design/methodology/approach -The approach to literature study causes the escape especially social stigma that occurs to make the case of the pipe still continues to exist Findings -The findings of many literature studies suggest that social stigma is a cause of social restraint in patients with severe psychiatric disorders Originality/value -The value of this study envolve Empowering people with mental disorders through social intervention can reduce the side effects of antipsychotic drugs and simultaneously help self-stigma in people with mental disorders

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Mental Health Nursing Department, Bina Sehat PPNI Institute Health of Science, Mojokerto, Indonesia1 MD Candidate University of California, Irvine2
Social stigma becomes a crucial issue of mental health of the community, more than 70% of patients with mental disorders do not receive optimal care in the community mental health service system causes include: people do not like the characteristics of mental disorders ranging from mild to severe, slow in access treatment in mental disorders where people assume people with mild mental disorders can still adapt well, people feel hopelessness in patients who have been associated in a psychiatric hospital and have been convicted of serious mental disorders can not re-adapt to society (Henderson, Evans-Lacko, & Thornicroft, 2013), in indonesia social stigma becomes factors that affected mental health called “Pasung”, pasung known as physical renstrain patient with mental disorder in community field in indonesia
Psychological factors, emotions and feelings, and stereotypes in women are the spirit of self-stigma in women is higher. This factor is related to the traditional culture of society as well as the common sense that developed in the community, the symptoms of a person's mental disorder increases his stigma, while education and good selfimage can degrade the stigma of people with mental disorders (Girma et al, 2013)

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CHALLENGES AND FIGHTING SOCIAL STIGMA IN PATIENT WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IN INDONESIA. Mental Health Nursing Department, Bina Sehat PPNI Institute Health of Science, Mojokerto, Indonesia1 MD Candidate University of California, Irvine2

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