Ming-Ru Hou

Internal Experiences of Self-Stigma Among Patients with Schizophrenia Based on the Common-Sense Model: A Qualitative Study.

Patients with schizophrenia endure not only severe symptom burden but also prolonged exposure to public stigma, with self-stigma emerging as a critical psychological barrier to recovery. Previous studies have primarily examined the association between illness perception and self-stigma using quantitative approaches, ye...