Table 2 Stigma experience by type and source and its examplesa
Psychological abuse | |
Family | My other siblings say that she’s crazy. (Interview 70, Sister of PMHP) |
Friends | Her classmates were bullying her (Interview 21, Mother of PMHP) |
Neighbours | They [neighbours] say bad things to me like “abnoy” [“abnormal” in Tagalog]. (Interview 55, PMHP) |
Coworkers, Employers | I don’t like them [coworkers] gossiping about me. (Interview 32, PMHP) |
Health care providers | They told me that I was lazy. (Interview 42, PMHP) |
Strangers on the street | When a vehicle stopped and the driver stared at her I got mad. (Interview 38, Father of PMHP) |
Physical violence | |
Family | He [Father] sometimes slaps him. (Interview 15, Mother of PMHP) |
Friends | My high school friends started throwing stones at me and saying I’m crazy (Interview 6, PMHP) |
Neighbours | When my neighbour hit him I needed to bring him to the hospital (Interview 1, Mother of PMHP) |
Public safety officers | They [public safety officers] hit me and I was very scared. (Interview 58, PMHP) |
Restricted | |
Family | We tied him down with a rope because he would always wander around. (Interview 43, Mother of PMHP) |
Not supported | |
Family | Her brothers don’t understand her. (Interview 8, Sister of PMHP) |
Friends | No one really understands me, even my friends. (Interview 60, PMHP) |
Coworkers, Employers | They [coworkers] usually laugh because they don’t know it’s hard having this problem. (Interview 12, PMHP) |
Taken advantage of | |
Neighbours | He usually rents a bike in our neighbour for five pesos, but sometimes he’ll pay with twenty pesos and they won’t give him the change. (Interview 7, Mother of PMHP) |
Neglected | |
Family | We had to let him live with us because his parents abandoned him when he was little. (Interview 44, Aunt of PMHP) |
Health care providers | When we visited the hospital, we saw that she was naked and she was already held with other mental patients in the room. There were no assessments done for her [for urinary tract infection]. (Interview 38, Father of PMHP) |
Rejected | |
Family | My brother says to “keep her out of the home.” (Interview 63, Sister of PMHP) |
Friends | [Researcher: Did he have many friends?] Yes, before. But now, they avoid him. (Interview 65, Mother of PMHP) |
Coworkers, Employers | I kept failing to find a job. That’s why I need to hide it [mental health problem]. (Interview 16, PMHP) |