Mental Illness Disclosure
Journal of Counseling Psychology
2013, Vol. 60, No. 3, 379 –391
© 2013 American Psychological Association
0022-0167/13/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0032620
Mental Illness Disclosure in Chinese Immigrant Communities
Fang-pei Chen
Grace Ying-Chi Lai
Columbia University
New York University
Lawrence Yang
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Columbia University
Support from social networks is imperative to mental health recovery of persons with mental illness.
However, disclosing mental illness may damage a person’s participation in networks due to mental illness
stigma, …show more content…
S. C. Lee, Suchday, & WylieRosett, 2012). Chinese also tend to remain connected with family and friends from the home country after immigration, as immigration is usually seen as family pride that enhances …show more content…
Finally, 31 (58.5%) had schizophrenia; 12
(22.6%) had a schizoaffective disorder; 10 (18.9%) had other diagnoses (e.g., bipolar or depression with psychotic features, or psychosis not otherwise specified). The illness had lasted, on average, 8.5 (SD ϭ 8.4) years, and the participants had experienced, on average, 4.9 (SD ϭ 3.7) hospitalizations.
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Data Collection
The last author and a bilingual psychologist interviewed each participant once in a semistructured interview. Most interviews were conducted in Mandarin Chinese, verbatim transcribed, and then translated to English. This study focused on the question set addressing disclosure, which was based on the Subjective Experience of Medication Interview (Jenkins et al., 2005). The first question asked, “Regarding your most recent hospitalization, do people know that you have been hospitalized? Do people know that you have this condition?” If participants answered yes,
2013, Vol. 60, No. 3, 379 –391
© 2013 American Psychological Association
0022-0167/13/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0032620
Mental Illness Disclosure in Chinese Immigrant Communities
Fang-pei Chen
Grace Ying-Chi Lai
Columbia University
New York University
Lawrence Yang
This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.
This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.
Columbia University
Support from social networks is imperative to mental health recovery of persons with mental illness.
However, disclosing mental illness may damage a person’s participation in networks due to mental illness
stigma, …show more content…
S. C. Lee, Suchday, & WylieRosett, 2012). Chinese also tend to remain connected with family and friends from the home country after immigration, as immigration is usually seen as family pride that enhances …show more content…
Finally, 31 (58.5%) had schizophrenia; 12
(22.6%) had a schizoaffective disorder; 10 (18.9%) had other diagnoses (e.g., bipolar or depression with psychotic features, or psychosis not otherwise specified). The illness had lasted, on average, 8.5 (SD ϭ 8.4) years, and the participants had experienced, on average, 4.9 (SD ϭ 3.7) hospitalizations.
This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.
This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.
Data Collection
The last author and a bilingual psychologist interviewed each participant once in a semistructured interview. Most interviews were conducted in Mandarin Chinese, verbatim transcribed, and then translated to English. This study focused on the question set addressing disclosure, which was based on the Subjective Experience of Medication Interview (Jenkins et al., 2005). The first question asked, “Regarding your most recent hospitalization, do people know that you have been hospitalized? Do people know that you have this condition?” If participants answered yes,