Review Article

Enablers of Mental Illness Stigma: A Scoping Review of Individual Perceptions

Table 4

Summary of study themes.

Major themeSubtheme

Perceptions about mental illnessPerceived nature of illness
Perceived etiology/causality
Nature of treatment modalities

Perceptions about stigma and discriminationLabeling and stereotyping
Prejudice
Public discrimination
Rejection sensitivity

Forms of stigma perceptionFamily-orchestrated stigma and discrimination
Structural/institutional stigma and discrimination
Health professional stigma
Associative stigma
Internalized/self-stigma