STIGMATIZATION OF SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH CARE: YOUTH PERSPECTIVES FROM PAKISTAN

Authors

  • Afsheen Talat Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)School of Social Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Shaheer Ellahi Khan Program Coordinator BS Public Health, Health Services Academy (HSA), Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Momna Hassan Technical University of Munich,  Munich, Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v4i2.508

Abstract

Two key objectives of piloting evaluation exercise were, to understand what mental health means to the youth subjects and their relatives, socio-cultural causes in attaining psychiatric treatment, that pose threat to the achievement of life goals, leading to mental illnesses, and determination of the contribution of culture, communal norms and societal pressure in triggering mental illnesses. A pilot study was conducted in a private mental health facility in Islamabad. This study determines the common socio-cultural and domestic factors that lay impediments on the road to acquire psychiatric treatment, and the social stigmas attached to seeking treatment and personal development of the youth. Interview and Observation methods were used to get detailed data for the piloting exercise. The Interviews with the Participants were recorded, transcribed and translated; notes from the participant observation were recorded to deduct relevant themes encapsulating viewpoints of the participants regarding piloting research study.

Keywords: Mental Illnesses, Social Stigmas, Psychiatric Treatment, Peer pressure, Communal norms, Social Expectations.

Author Biographies

  • Afsheen Talat, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)School of Social Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan

    MPhil Scholar

  • Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Program Coordinator BS Public Health, Health Services Academy (HSA), Islamabad, Pakistan

    Associate Professor 

     

  • Momna Hassan, Technical University of Munich,  Munich, Germany

    Research Scholar

     

     

Additional Files

Published

2022-06-30

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022): Pakistan Journal of Social Research PJSR

Section

Research Article

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How to Cite

[1]
“STIGMATIZATION OF SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH CARE: YOUTH PERSPECTIVES FROM PAKISTAN”, Pak. J, Soc. Sci., vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 559–566, Jun. 2022, doi: 10.52567/pjsr.v4i2.508.