Internalized stigma as a barrier to improvement in vocational functioning among people with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders

Authors

Philip T. Yanos, CUNY John Jay CollegeFollow
Paul Lysaker, Roudebush VA Medical Center
David Roe, University of Haifa

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2010

Abstract

We examined the relationship between internalized stigma and changes in vocational function. Persons with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder (n=78) were assessed at baseline and 5 months after vocational rehabilitation. Internalized stigma and cognitive–behavioral treatment predicted change in vocational functioning, supporting the view that internalized stigma compromises vocational outcomes.

Comments

This brief report article was published originally in Psychiatry Research, 178 (2010) 211–213

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2010.01.003