Can renaming schizophrenia reduce negative attitudes toward patients in Turkey?
Conclusion:
No difference was determined between students’ attitudes toward a diagnosis of ‘schizophrenia’ and one of ‘a psychiatric disease known as Bleuler’s syndrome’. The focus in preventing stigmatization of schizophrenia should not concentrate on a name change alone. Changing the name schizophrenia may be of no use unless public ignorance and fear of psychiatric diseases can also be overcome.
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Aker, S., Böke, O., Oguz, G. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
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