Internalized Stigma, Coping and Social Support with Mental Illness in Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal.

Abstract

There are an increasing number of studies on the subjective experience of stigma amongst mentally ill persons but still few coming from Asian countries, and very few from Nepal. The objective of this study was to look into the experience of internalized stigma in mentally ill persons in Pokhara, Nepal and to compare this with similar studies using ISMI fromother socio-cultural contexts.