A descriptive study to assess social functioning and internalized stigma among patients with mental illness with a view to prepare guidelines on healthy living in selected hospitals of jalandhar, punjab
A quantitative research approach and descriptive research design was used and research setting comprised of Civil Hospital, Jalandhar, Punjab and Ashoka Neuro Psychiatric Hospital & De-addiction Centre, Jalandhar, Punjab. The study sample comprised of 60 patients with mental illness. Purposive sampling technique was adopted to select sample. Self structured rating scale containing 24 items and self structured likert scale containing 30 items was used to evaluate the social functioning and internalized stigma respectively among patients with mental illness.