Elyasi, F., Fazlali, M., Hoseininejad, M. (2017). Stigma as a Barrier in the Emergency Ward for a Patient with Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome. Journal of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement, 5(4), 0-0. doi: 10.22038/psj.2017.10111
Forouzan Elyasi; Mohsen Fazlali; Mohammad Hoseininejad. "Stigma as a Barrier in the Emergency Ward for a Patient with Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome". Journal of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement, 5, 4, 2017, 0-0. doi: 10.22038/psj.2017.10111
Elyasi, F., Fazlali, M., Hoseininejad, M. (2017). 'Stigma as a Barrier in the Emergency Ward for a Patient with Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome', Journal of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement, 5(4), pp. 0-0. doi: 10.22038/psj.2017.10111
Elyasi, F., Fazlali, M., Hoseininejad, M. Stigma as a Barrier in the Emergency Ward for a Patient with Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome. Journal of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement, 2017; 5(4): 0-0. doi: 10.22038/psj.2017.10111
Stigma as a Barrier in the Emergency Ward for a Patient with Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
1Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
2Psychiatrist, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
3Department of Emergency Medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Abstract
Stigma is a set of attitudes, beliefs, and negative thoughts toward a certain situation, such as mental disorders. Mental illnesses are among the most stigmatizing conditions throughout the world. The stigma attached to mental illness in general is the principle of stigma toward physical health problems in this group of patients. We present a 28-year-old single man with paranoid schizophrenia and neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Stigma was a serious barrier in the Emergency Ward in both psychiatric hospital and general hospital.