Exploration of Illness Perception among Patients with Mental illness in a Multi-ethnic Asian Sample

Illness perceptions are defined as cognitive representations or beliefs that patients have about their illness (Leventhal et al., 1984). These perceptions develop through information that a patient receives from both formal and informal sources including healthcare workers, media, family, friends and fellow patients (Petrie and Weinman, 2006). These perceptions may not only differ from that of the treating clinician but also from other patients suffering from the same illness and more importantly, these perceptions have been found to play an important role both in patients with physical and mental illnesses wherein they determine patient outcomes such as treatment adherence and quality of life (Hagger and Orbell, 2003; Lobban et al., 2003; Lobban et al., 2004; Petrie et al., 2007; Broadbent et al., 2008).

Source: Psychiatry Research - June 23, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mythily Subramaniam, Edimansyah Abdin, Anitha Jeyagurunathan, Sherilyn Chang, Ellaisha Samari, Saleha Binte Shafie, Ker Chiah Wei, Swapna Verma, Siow Ann Chong Source Type: research