Dolgorsuren¹ S,  Erdenechimeg¹ Sh, Gantsetseg² T,  Oyunsuren² D,  Khishigsuren² Z

1-NUM, School of Social Science, Department of Psychology

2-MNUMS, School of Medicine, Department of Mental Health dolgorsuren@mnums.edu.mn

 

Background

Stigmatization and discrimination against mental patients and their family members due to typical community misunderstanding about

mental diseases are commonly occurred among population. Particularly, discrimination against alcoholic patients and stigmatization against their family members are most common among Mongolian people, because prevalence of alcohol dependence problems is increased 2 times more in last decades. Our aim was to define current situation of stigmatization and discrimination against alcoholic patients.

Methods

This survey has been conducted among total 90 inpatients with alcoholic problem, are have staying in National Center for Mental Health and

Narcology Center. We conducted the study by descriptive and crossectional design.

Results

Totally 90 alcohol patients, aged 19-61 years were participated in our survey. 67 (74.4%) of them were male and 23(25.5%) were female and average age was 40.1±1.1. Level of job’s discriminationwas growingrelated to increasing the level of alcohol consumption (p<0.0016) and level of family’s stigma was growing related to increasing the level of alcohol dependence (p<0.0001). Most of patients (n=29), who are divorced from their couples were answering that main reason of their divorcing was alcohol problem and bad interfamily relationship. Furthermore, stigmatization and discrimination increasing due to increasing level of alcohol consumption (p<0.0001).

Conclusions

Most of participants (60%; n=54) are answered, that stigma and discrimination against them were occurring from their family

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