Table 2: The main themes and sub-themes.
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 |