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Background: Self-stigma is associated with poor outcomes of patients with schizophrenia and development of self-stigma is a complex process. Results of studies on relationship of both positive and negative symptoms of psychosis with self-stigma have been inconsistent. Cognitive deficits are common to patients. However, number of studies exploring the relationship specifically between self-stigma and neurocognition are limited.Aims: The current study aimed to examine the relationship between neurocognitive functions and clinical symptoms with self-stigma.Methods: Sixty-four patients with psychosis were recruited and completed the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale and neurocognitive tests. Their clinical symptoms and role functioning were also assessed.Results: Neurocognitive function was found to have negative correlations with Stereotype Endorsement and Discrimination Experience. Negative symptoms also correlated negatively with Stereotype Endorsement, Discrimination Experience, and Social Withdrawal. Neurocognitive function and negative symptoms explained 21.2% variance of stereotype endorsement. Neurocognitive function explained 7.9% variance of Discrimination Experience.Conclusions: Poor neurocognitive function is related to self-stigma. This study also further confirmed the relationship between negative symptoms and self-stigma. Future longitudinal studies should be conducted to confirm the nature of such a relationship.
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PMID:Relationship between neurocognitive function and clinical symptoms with self-stigma in patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. 2864 7

Framed by relational dialectics theory, the present study takes a critical approach to interrogating the social structures that promote and resist hearing loss and hearing aid-related stigma. Specifically, this study explores the ways the meaning of hearing loss is constructed in 30 narrative interviews with adults who use hearing aids. Contrapuntal analysis revealed that two discourses compete to illuminate meanings of hearing loss. Four interrelated themes that emphasize (a) expectations of zero hearing and for disability, (b) assumptions of cognitive deficit, (c) mistaken rudeness and resulting isolation, and (d) conflation with old age constitute the Discourse of Hearing Loss as a Personal Short-coming (DHLPS). Three interrelated themes that emphasize (a) collective responsibility, (b) a part of (my) life, and (c) (re)education constitute the Discourse of Hearing Loss as a Relational Reality (DHLRR) and resist the DHLPS. The competition of these discourses, in the form of diachronic separation, synchronic interplay, and an aesthetic moment coalesce to make meaning of hearing loss and hold implications for both theory and practice.
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PMID:"I Have to Social Norm This": Making Meaning of Hearing Loss from the Perspective of Adults Who Use Hearing Aids. 3191 5