Stigma in MDOs and healthcare providers.v2 -01-04-16
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Experiences of stigma in mentally disordered offenders and their health care providers
IRAS ID
203697
Contact name
Barkat Masood
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Liverpool
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 0 days
Research summary
This study is informed by previous work in which a content analysis of publically available material: mainstream media reportage and social media. This work was presented at the Annual Forensic Psychiatry Conference, Glasgow 2016, and reported that whilst there was evidence of objectivity in mainstream media reportage, presumptive negative stigmatisations of adults with forensic psychiatric diagnoses prevails. In conjunction a wide and growing body of literature stemming from the disciplines of psychiatry, psychology and sociology, there is considerable evidence of social stigmatisation in mental illness.
Much has been written about the nature, enactment and effects on both individuals and communities of stigma in chronic and or incurable conditions. In particular, there is a wide global literature on this pertaining to HIV (Ogden & Nyblade, 2005; Vanable and Carey, 2006).
Increasingly similar explorations within the field of mental health are retrievable though present very distinct typologies and experiences of stigma. Whilst accounting for a relatively small sub population of psychiatric patients, those individuals with severe mental health problems manifesting in criminal behaviours are reported to endure among the particularly stigma (Tregoweth, Walton & Reed, 2012). Despite this there is relatively little work available in this particular field of psychiatry, relating to stigma. This research makes a experientially grounded contribution to better understanding the way in which stigma is experienced by people cared for in a secure mental health facility, and by mental health professionals caring for them. As importantly it is identified that qualitative investigation will help to uncover how patients and mental health professionals perceive and feel about this stigma.
REC name
Wales REC 5
REC reference
16/WA/0132
Date of REC Opinion
24 Jun 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion