Main themes

Sub-themes

Meaning of mental illness

Symptoms

Emotions

Situations

Challenges experienced by the patients

Individual-related

Environment-related

Reasons for the stigmatization

Factors related to the patient/illness

Societal factors

Other factors

Recommendations for reducing the stigmatization

Aimed at the patients

Aimed at the society

Aimed at the health workers

Effect of the psychiatric nursing course

Emotion

Thought

Behavior